It’s a funny video that was shot in Évry-Courcouronnes (91), where the now very famous “skylight of Évry” is located, this Saturday, February 12. In front of several young people gathered with the ball at their feet, Karl Olive, the mayor of Poissy (Yvelines), which has around 40,000 inhabitants, has made a magnificent skylight.
In the images, Karl Olive – who is still wearing a suit and tie – is about to shoot into this tiny window of a building from the sidewalk opposite, no doubt invited by several young people to carry out this born challenge. on social networks in 2019. We hear him asking: “is the wall at a distance?”, “Mr. referee, can we go there?”.
And without difficulty and on the first try, the 52-year-old city councilor then made the perfect gesture. All this, in front of a few spectators and in street shoes. Happy with his gesture, Karl Olive even took the opportunity to challenge the PSG player, Kylian Mbappé: “Kylian, Kylian, flat foot, efficiency,” he explains to the camera.
@lucarneofficiel The Mayor of Poissy Karl Olive came conquering this afternoon in front of the Skylight! Congratulations to you Karl, you have represented your city well!#lalucarne original sound – lucarneofficiel
A funny video posted on the “Lucarneofficiel” account on TikTok, and already seen by more than a million people. “The mayor of Poissy, Karl Olive, came conquering this afternoon in front of the Skylight! Congratulations to you Karl, you have represented your city well”, can we read in the comments.
A challenge born in 2019
And Karl Olive is not the first to attempt the challenge. Because since the end of 2019, this small window of a garbage room in a building in the Pyramides district of Evry (91) considered “as the most famous window in France” regularly sees football players from all walks of life. Last December, Nenê, a former PSG player, also managed to get the ball inside the skylight on the first try.
Better than the Minister of Transport, TikTok offers you the mayor of Poissy Karl Olive who puts an improbable goal in a tiny skylight (note that he is an old man, former referee, president of clubs, head of sports at Canal…) pic.twitter.com/lXR7tGDP4P
— Helene Bekmezian (@Bekouz) February 13, 2022
Karl Olive’s performance was also praised by the editor-in-chief of Le Monde.fr, Hélène Bekmezian, who nevertheless reminds us that the mayor of Poissy is no stranger to the world of football, since he has been president of several clubs, having started in the 1990s by being an official referee of the French Football Federation for PSG.