In a crowded and silent Parc des Princes, the players of the France team observed a minute of solemn meditation in tribute to the victims of November 13, 2015, Saturday before facing Kazakhstan, six years after the attacks in Paris and Saint -Denis.
The Blues, wearing a white armband, gathered around the central circle, holding each other by the shoulders, while the coach Didier Deschamps and his assistant Guy Stéphan stood side by side on the edge of the lawn, motionless.
The Park lights up to pay tribute to the 131 victims of November 13. A nice moment followed by a poignant Marseillaise pic.twitter.com/RfePUYg9yd
– J. Laloye (@Zonemixte) November 13, 2021
A black banner showing the date of the attacks and the motto of the city of Paris, “13.11.15 Fluctuat nec mergitur”, was also hung in the Auteuil stand, where the Paris SG ultras usually take place.
“To our 131 stars on November 13”
The group of French Irrésistibles supporters then unfurled a tribute banner “To our 131 stars of November 13” from the Boulogne stand in the 15th minute of the match, in reference to the moment when the first of the two bombs exploded there. was six years old near the Stade de France, on a friendly France-Germany evening. Finally, many spectators of the Parc des Princes turned on the flash of their mobile phones when the banner was deployed, before singing the Marseillaise.
This qualifying match for the 2022 World Cup is being held at the Parc des Princes six years to the day after the attacks that left 130 dead and hundreds injured inside the Bataclan, in Paris and in front of the Stade de France. “It was a difficult evening and it remains a difficult memory. I don’t have much to add. With the Federation, we decided to put our jerseys up for auction. The funds will be donated to Bleuet de France, for the victims of attacks, of war, ”captain Hugo Lloris commented on Friday in a pre-match conference.