After the attack on a young child with cancer during the Ajaccio-Marseille match counting for the last day of Ligue 1 this weekend, the president of the Marseille club expressed his indignation and denounced inhumane acts. Incidents had then broken out before the meeting between the supporters of the two teams.
“What kind of mental patient does that?” Asked the president of Olympique de Marseille Pablo Longoria on Monday, two days after the attack suffered on Saturday in Ajaccio by a young sick child who supported OM and his family. “It was one of the hardest and saddest moments of the season,” Longoria said Monday, during a long press conference where he took stock of the Marseille season.
“It shocked me. Afterwards, I wasn’t myself for an hour. I can’t understand attacking a child, it’s not human. It makes you wonder about the football, which should normally transmit happiness,” added the Spanish leader.
“What kind of sick person does that?”
Kenzo, an eight-year-old OM supporter suffering from brain cancer, was invited to Corsica on Saturday to fulfill his “dream” of meeting OM players. He was targeted with his parents in the stadium, AC Ajaccio said in a statement, speaking of “unspeakable acts”. “I saw this little one who was shaking and I wondered what I was doing in this sport and in this society. What kind of mental patient does that? He has no place in society,” Longoria said. referring to “security breaches” at the François Coty stadium.
“He came to see the players at the end, we tried to give him at least a little moment of joy. And we will do our best to ensure that he and his brother have a good time following his team,” he said. Longoria. The entourage of the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra also indicated that the minister had had a telephone exchange with the little boy during which she mentioned the possibility for him to attend the events of the 2024 Olympic Games which will take place. in Marseille. Kenzo and his family live near Marseille.