Samir Nasri returned with humor and lightness to the Knysna fiasco.
The 2010 World Cup and the Knysna episode remain etched in the collective memory as one of the darkest chapters in the history of the French football team. The refusal of the Blues to get off their bus to train, as a sign of protest against the exclusion of Nicolas Anelka by Raymond Domenech and his staff, had plunged French football into an unprecedented crisis.
If this event tarnished the image of the Tricolores among their supporters, there was one who nevertheless “celebrated” the strike: Samir Nasri. Not selected for the World Cup in South Africa, the Marseillais recently revealed live Twitch from videographer AmineMaTue that he had followed the episode from afar with a certain pleasure.
“Music loud, I say ‘it’s not me’
“I was hidden in the hold, it was me who told them not to come down,” quipped the former Manchester City player, who is currently playing in the Kings World Cup with the French team Foot2Rue.
With his humor and self-deprecation, Nasri added: “I wasn’t there, but I celebrated when I saw that. I was in Las Vegas, we were in the room with my friends around 5-6 o’clock. But with the time difference, in the morning there were the matches. I put on ESPN and I see ‘France is on strike’. Music loud, I say ‘it’s not me. »
