The former president of Stade Français had forged a very strong friendship with Christophe Dominici.
Upset by the announcement of his tragic disappearance, he asked for a little time before being able to confide in Le Figaro.
On the phone, the voice is hoarse with emotion.
Tears are never far away when talking about the man who was, for Max Guazzini, more than a player.
"Everyone loved him", will repeat on several occasions the former boss of the Parisian club.
Le Figaro: You were so close to Christophe Dominici…
Max Guazzini
:
It's unimaginable.
I can't seem to realize.
I am devastated.
Words fail me… (
Long silence
).
It was such a shock when I learned about it in the early afternoon.
It was unbelievable, unbelievable.
(
new silence, even more moved
).
I think very strongly of his papa Jeannot, his mother, his wife, his two daughters.
It's appalling ...
Tell us why he was so loved?
He was warm, kind, full of love.
He was so loving.
And then he was funny, pleasant to live with.
I remember, every time he came to visit me in my house in the south, he brought me tomatoes, zucchini from his garden, wine too of course (
Christophe Doiminici owned a 13 hectare vineyard near Béziers, NDLR
).
He was like that Domi, so generous with others.
Also recently, he sent me 200 P2 masks that he had managed to obtain ...
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