Many dream of becoming footballers, some succeed brilliantly.

Maelle Lakrar is one of those rare individuals. Now a player of the Real Madrid and the French national football team, she is inspiring a new generation of players to express themselves on the pitch.

This photographic series takes us back to where her passion was born.
She spent hours having fun and training, on these dirt or concrete pitches, in her neighborhood, with her older brother who passed on his passion for the game.