And suddenly, when Bayern has just scored, Mohamed, 19, a tracksuit jacket to the glory of PSG, takes his head in his hands. “I'm disgusted, that's it, we lost! But why does the referee not blow the whistle for offside? », He dreams, a bit chauvinistic.
Welcome to Harry's café in Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis). They are a hundred supporters to have come to marvel at the child of the city, Kylian Mbappé. The 21-year-old prodigy grew up a few hundred meters away, opposite the Léo-Lagrange stadium where he made his first dribbles. Nawen, 26, student, is disappointed for her idol. "He will have other opportunities to win this Champions League," she says.
Medhi, 19, from Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise) is on the same wavelength. "He is still young, he will be able to try again," he said. His passion for Kylian is intact. "Kylian, we love him in Bondy, in Argenteuil, we love him everywhere in France", he exclaims.
In front of the establishment stands the huge fresco with the effigy of the 2018 world champion painted on the facade of a building. We see him as a child, dreaming with his jersey in the colors of AS Bondy. "Me, Kylian, I run into him every morning when I get to work and in the evening when I leave. You just have to raise your head, ”enthuses Youssef, 27, the manager of the premises who wears the number 7 of“ KMB ”on his back.
"It's just the finish that sins"
From 7 p.m., the hidden effervescence is at the rendezvous. All the employees put on the capital club tunic to serve, with a great evening smile, tacos, burgers and other pasta. “We invested in the jerseys,” smiles Youssef. With a bottle of hydroalcoholic gel in his hand, he lets customers in in droplets, just to avoid traffic jams at the checkouts. "We feel them in a good mood," he breathes.
Nehemie, 26, fiber technician, is "stylish" with his mask in the colors of PSG. “Kylian, we all saw him play when he was a kid, he was a crack,” he greets. A 13-year-old boy applauds “the star”, both local and global, from his first acceleration. “Even if I prefer Marquinhos,” he admits. Kamilia, 26, resident of Trappes (Yvelines) gets up with each breakthrough by Neymar and Mbappé in the first half. "They are not yet at their best, it will come, they are waiting for the second half", she predicts.
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The small technical bugs of the five screens give spectators a cold sweat, especially when they intervene in a Parisian action. During the break, Yanis, a 14-year-old Lorraine teenager on vacation with his Bondynoise “auntie” Mounia, is “too stressed”. "They get eaten by the dry cleaners", comments this boy from Metz who prefers to support Paris. "There's a way to score, it's just the finish that sins", positive Sami, who works at the SNCF. “As soon as I say I'm from Bondy, people ask me: Do you know Mbappé? It boosts, it lights our city, ”he lights up. Here, defeat will not change anything.