Because he landed at OM, at the insistence of Jorge Sampaoli, to be put in competition with the legend Steve Mandanda, the Spanish international Pau Lopez (two selections) was first welcomed with a certain distrust by the stalwart Olympians.
In Marseille, land of football and tradition, you don't touch a monument, even with gloves.
You don't unbolt an icon.
More than a year after the first steps scrutinized by all, the Iberian goalkeeper no longer arouses debate.
He even collects a beautiful unanimity on his name.
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