The investigation of 20 minutes on these “unlivable parents” in amateur sport in France, published from Friday to Sunday, found a sad echo in the news. We learned on Friday evening that the Montrouge FC 92 club (Hauts-de-Seine) canceled all training sessions planned before Christmas, due to an attack suffered three days earlier by a club instructor. “An educator was attacked and threatened by a parent. Violent in words with insults, this parent also wanted to come to blows. Fortunately, our educator was able to keep his cool and prevent the situation from degenerating in the face of an individual wishing to go much further,” the Ile-de-France amateur club then specified in a press release.
Rebelote in the wake of US Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), where a club educator spoke on Sunday At Parisian. He reveals that he was attacked on Friday by the father of a young player playing in the U12 category. According to the 36-year-old educator, the father was hiding a knife in his sleeve when he showed up at the end of training, which took place at the Karl-Marx stadium in Villejuif.
“I could have lost my life on a football field”
“I heard him say to his son: ‘I’m going to fuck him, I’m going to kill him. I don’t give a damn.’ Then he walked towards me. Unfortunately, I’m used to being heckled by parents, so I don’t shy away. At first I didn’t see the knife. But a colleague noticed it and told me not to follow it. And all of this was done before the eyes of the kids who were leaving the session, but also of my children. The people around tried to reason with the dad but he continued to struggle and threaten me. It’s as if he wants to fight. » The coach then escaped by car with his two children.
“My colleagues called me to tell me to be careful because my dad was following me,” continues the victim. I understand that I could have lost my life on a football field, in front of my children. » Very marked, the man preferring to remain anonymous canceled the match scheduled for the day after the attack. He wonders if he will return to pursue his “passion” at US Villejuif. “Every month, in the club, we are treated to an insult or an attack. But there, from the moment a dad comes with a knife to his son’s training, it’s premeditated,” concludes the thirty-year-old, determined to sign his complaint filed online the day before this Monday.