Koman and Fatoumata are posted in front of the Stade Vélodrome where they unfurled a banner in support of Didier Drogba.
“We support the candidacy of our champion for the presidency of the Ivorian Football Federation, explains this Elephants supporter.
We are there for the match and we take the opportunity to promote Didier Drogba, even if, with him, there is no need to advertise.
We do not say that salt is salty, so he is the best candidate for this election and to professionalize our championship.
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In front of the Marseille enclosure, many supporters have fun with this happening, like choreographed dances performed by fans of the Ivorian selection.
Kais, 10, from Gap (Hautes-Alpes), does not miss a beat.
For his very first match in a stadium, the young number 10 wants to hear everything and see everything.
Finally, he especially wants to see Kylian Mbappé whom he appreciates for his “speed, his goals, and his technique”.
The young Gapois will have to wait a bit since the Parisian striker, affected by an ENT infection, finally started the game on the substitutes' bench.
“It is my son's dream to see Mbappé, and I am in the process of making his dream come true, explains Ophélie, his mother.
We drove two and a half hours.
Me too, it's the first time I set foot in a stadium, and I can't wait to see what the atmosphere of a match gives.
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Kimpembe booed
The young mother did not have the privilege of attending the famous songs of the Marseille Ultras, but it was a joyful and family atmosphere that inhabited the stands of the Stade Vélodrome drowned under the French flags.
Six years after the last match of the Blues in Marseille in the semi-finals of Euro 2016 against Germany (2-0), this meeting was a minor issue for the France team, but the reunion took a turn very cordial.
Even Kylian Mbappé, the Parisian, who had never played with the tricolor jersey at the Vélodrome, was relatively spared by OM fans.
Finally, not by all, since his name, like that of Kimpembe, was booed by some supporters during the presentation of the teams.
"I'm going to welcome him, because I assume that when a player wears the jersey of the selection, it removes the rivalry between the clubs", let go of Loïc before the meeting.
An opinion not at all shared by his companion Laura, whose blue blood runs through her veins.
"I'm more resentful.
For me, Mbappé remains an enemy, criticizes this subscriber of the Olympian club.
So I plan to whistle it.
I will kneel in front of him, only if he leaves Paris and decides to change clubs.
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