2023-08-17 11:46:54
Payet has arrived! Today is like a holiday”. Like thousands of other supporters of the Brazilian club Vasco da Gama, Leticia Silva, 19, came at dawn on Wednesday to welcome the French community as a hero at the international airport of Rio de Janeiro, to the rhythm of frenzied percussion.
After leaving Olympique de Marseille in tears last month, Dimitri Payet, 36, was treated to a fiery atmosphere upon his arrival in Rio. The fans of Vasco, a very popular team, but which vegetates in the penultimate position of the Brazilian championship, have even prepared new songs especially for him.
“Payet, Payet, Payet, eho, eho, eho, ohohoho! chants the crowd, taking up the melody of “Prefixo de Verao”, a classic carnival from Salvador de Bahia. With drawn features, but all smiles, Payet walks towards them, stands on a platform to greet them and puts on a black jersey with a diagonal white stripe from his new team, flocked in his name, with the number 10.
“I’m really happy to arrive, to receive all this fervor from the supporters and I’m really looking forward to playing football,” rejoices the Frenchman, speaking briefly to journalists. In front of him, smoke bombs, giant flags, and even some faces painted in blue, white, red, the colors of France.
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