Ligue 1 – OM: A forecourt of the Stade Vélodrome will bear the name of Bernard Tapie

On the eve of the thirtieth anniversary of OM’s victory over AC Milan in the Champions League final, Benoît Payan, Mayor of Marseille, announced that one of the esplanades leading to the Stade Vélodrome would henceforth bear the name by Bernard Tapie. “The large esplanade which leads to the Vélodrome stadium, on the Jean-Bouin side (boulevard Michelet, editor’s note) will bear the name of Bernard Tapie. We mark in marble his name, his passage, his contribution to the history of this club“, explained the mayor various left of the city to Provence.

Asked by AFP, the municipality indicated that the inauguration of this Bernard Tapie esplanade would take place “later“. The announcement comes on the eve of the 30th anniversary of OM’s victory in the Champions League, on May 26, 1993. Bernard Tapie was then the owner and president of OM, and this achievement remains to this day. unique in the history of French football.A few months later, however, OM had been demoted to the second division as a result of the VA-OM affair, the corruption scandal which precipitated the downfall of Tapie, then imprisoned.

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In the interview given to ProvenceBenoît Payan explains about this decision that he was “our duty and responsibility to do so“.”It is not a question here of talking about the politician or businessman, who was complex and out of the ordinary. I retain the image of the sports leader“, he said. “The fans nicknamed him ‘the Boss’ because he carried OM to the top of Europe. Today is in our history“, he added.

Marseille will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its C1 victory on Friday with a celebration at the Hôtel de Ville and a replay of the 1993 final on a giant screen. At 11 p.m., the supporters also planned a massive lighting of smoke bombs over more than 20 kilometers all along the Marseille coast. The kickoff of this “cracking” will take place at Notre-Dame de la Garde.

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