Sad news for Olympique de Marseille and the whole Marseille community. Avi Assouly, one of the most famous followers in the sky and white died on the night of Thursday to Friday, almost 33 years after having come close to death during the collapse of the Furiani tribune, on May 5, 1992, in A few minutes from the kick-off of the Bastia-Marseille match.
Avi Assouly had joined France Bleu Provence only a few months earlier after making his debut on radio at Fun Radio. A clerk time and then founder of a clothing brand, he had become a journalist in 1984 by writing for the magazine Crampons.
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In France Bleu Provence, he quickly became his voice of OM matches and saw his notoriety explode in 2006 after an incredible dumpling in the comments of the UEFA Cup match between OM and the Mlada Boleslav. While the Olympian club won 1-0 to go and finds itself eliminated after his 4-2 defeat in the Czech Republic, he announces the qualification of the Marseillais thanks to the rule of goal outside, not understanding The joy of Czech players. “They make me doubt these Czechs”he launches in a sequence that has become iconic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qntl9sjgno4
A few years later, Avi Assouly was going to retire from a journalist to become a deputy for the 5th district of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2012 to 2014 as a substitute for Marie-Arlette Carlotti, who entered the government.
