Whenever Dzsenifer Marozsan was on the ball, Celia Sasic always instinctively knew where to run. That blind understanding between the technically-gifted playmaker and the athletic, clinical striker had long become the trademark of the sides they played in together: Germany’s women’s national team and 1. FFC Frankfurt. They were reliable performers for both, and regularly tormented opposition defences.
Yet while the 23-year-old Marozsan will continue to turn out for both teams, Sasic, four years her senior, retired from the game in the summer. Nevertheless, the striker still has one last highlight to look forward too, as she is on the final shortlist for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award alongside Carli Lloyd, who won the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015? with USA, and Japan’s Aya Miyama. It is therefore no surprise that Marozsan is crossing her fingers for her former attacking partner ahead of the FIFA Ballon d’Or Gala on 11 January.
