Pablo Longoria took his time, this Monday, to take stock of a season half-fig half-grape for OM, completed in a 3rd place in the League that preserves the essential, namely a place in the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League. The Olympian president had announced in the preamble to his speech that he would not avoid any subject. And not surprisingly, that of little Kenzo was discussed.
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Young OM supporter, aged 8, the little boy, suffering from terminal cancer, attended the match of the Phocaeans in Ajaccio last Saturday (1-0). During this one, he was the victim, as well as his father, of a violent attack while he was in a box of the François-Coty stadium. "It's one of my saddest moments on a personal level in recent years, especially because we were in the dressing room next door," Longoria said. "I didn't see the incident. These situations left me shocked for an hour. I wasn't there myself. I can't understand how to assault a child, or how to assault people in difficulty. It's not human. It makes you wonder why we play football. It is to transmit happiness.
»And the Marseille president to continue, visibly moved: "I ask each player to be irreproachable. We play football for the fans, but the smile of a child when he touches this profession, it's magical. With these values that I have, see all the consequences when you find the little Kenzo who trembled, who trembled... You say to yourself: what do I have to do with this sport and this society? What kind of mentally ill person allows themselves to do this? Because it is a mentally ill person who has done this, who has no place in society. Yes, there was a security breach." It now remains to be seen what legal follow-up will be given to this case.
