Tributes to the young Berlin footballer who died, hit by a Metz player

2023-06-01 17:23:53

A tragedy occurred during a match between young people from Frankfurt and Metz.

A tribute to the 15-year-old Berliner, who died after his attack by a player from the Metz club, will be paid during the Euro-2023 under-17 final between France and Germany, the federation announced on Thursday. German.

During the U17 match in Budapest on Friday evening, “the two selections will meet for a common photo with a banner and the message + Together against violence +“Said the German Federation (DFB) in a press release. Moreover, “an announcement” will be made in the stands and “a minute of silencewill be respected before the kick-off of the final, at 8:00 p.m. local time. Players will also wear a mourning armband.

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«This inconceivable, sad and shocking act in the context of a youth football tournament leaves us speechless but not without action. On the contrary: it is a final invitation for all of us to oppose more resolutely violence, in football and in society as a whole.“Reacted the president of the DFB, Bernd Neuendorf.

Thursday evening, the kick-off of the first leg of the play-off between Stuttgart (sixteenth in the Bundesliga) and Hamburg (third in the second division) will also be preceded at 8:45 p.m. by a minute of silence, after the tragedy which took place in Frankfurt. The German Cup final between RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin will also be preceded by a moment of meditation on Saturday (8:00 p.m.).

The 16-year-old player, suspected of having delivered the fatal blows, is still in pre-trial detention

Last Sunday, during an international youth team tournament organized in Frankfurt during the Pentecost weekend, a 15-year-old JFC Berlin player was seriously injured after a match against FC Metz. He is dead “from serious brain injuries“, said the police in a press release on Wednesday.

The 16-year-old player, suspected of having dealt the fatal blows, is still in pre-trial detention, said the Frankfurt police, who are continuing their investigation into the course of the facts. He is part of one of the training programs of the French club FC Metz, which plays in the 2nd French division. His nationality has not been specified, either by the German police or by FC Metz.