2023-05-25 22:56:48
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of OM’s victory in the Champions League, the mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, announced this Thursday in an interview with the daily newspaper La Provence that one of the esplanades leading to the Stade Vélodrome would henceforth bear the name by Bernard Tapie, former businessman, politician and president of OM, who died in 2021.
“The large esplanade which leads to the Vélodrome stadium, on the Jean-Bouin side (boulevard Michelet) will bear the name of Bernard Tapie. We mark in marble his name, his passage, his contribution to the history of this club, ”explained the various left mayor of the city. Questioned by AFP, the municipality indicated that the inauguration of this Bernard Tapie esplanade would take place “later”.
The 1993 final rebroadcast on a giant screen this Friday
During the one and only success of a French club in the most prestigious European competition, Bernard Tapie was then the owner and president of OM. A few months later, OM had however been demoted to the second division as a result of the VA-OM affair, the corruption scandal which precipitated the fall of Tapie, then imprisoned.
In the interview granted to La Provence, Benoît Payan explains about this decision that it was “our duty and our responsibility to do so. It is not a question here of talking about the politician or businessman, who was complex and out of the ordinary. I retain the image of the sports leader. »
“The fans nicknamed him the Boss because he carried OM to the top of Europe. Today, it is in our history, ”added the Marseilles councilor. This Friday, Marseille will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its victory in C1 with a celebration at the Hôtel de Ville and a replay of the 1993 final on a giant screen. At 11:00 p.m., the supporters also planned a massive lighting of smoke bombs over more than 20 km all along the Marseille coast.
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