2024-07-04 13:28:56
It was an act of kindness that he probably didn’t expect to be remembered 15 years later. Jean-Charles de Bono, former Olympique de Marseille footballer (1969-1980), was invited by the Mbappé family to attend the match between Portugal and France this Friday evening (9 pm), in Hamburg. Why? Thanks from the captain of the Blues to the one who helped him, in 2009, to cross paths with his idol Cristiano Ronaldo during the match between OM and Real Madrid at the Vélodrome.
Anecdote full of humanity reported The team in today’s edition. For his 11th birthday, young Kylian received tickets to watch the Champions League match on December 8, 2009 between OM and Real Madrid, where his idol, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, signed him so he will face Friday end of the euro. At the end of the game, wanting to meet “CR7”, he managed to get into the Vélodrome car where he was finally blocked by security.
“You seem to remember a bald guy from OM TV”
That’s when Pape Diouf, former president of the Marseille football club, and Jean-Charles de Bono, who was a consultant for OM TV at the time, met the boy, they were crying. The article explains: “The two men asked the boy why he was crying, and after touching him, they took him to the mixed area where the printing company was waiting for the players, without him keep quiet in his corner. Young Kylian promised, swallowed his tears, and waited, waited, until CR7 appeared. »
Mbappé received a workout, a photo, and above all a memory for life. Evidence that he did not forget him, so he honored Jean-Charles de Bono, who said that he received a call from Fayza Lamari, the player’s mother: “ He went home, the phone rang, he thought it was a joke, he explained to L’Équipe. We can not imagine that the boy who is allowed to meet Cristiano Ronaldo will be Kylian Mbappé, the captain of the France team. He seems to remember her taken from OM TV, it can only be me. (laughter) »
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