It is a date that will remain forever engraved in the hearts of the Marseillais. On May 26, 1993, OM won the Champions League against AC Milan (1-0), the only French victory in C1 to date … and perhaps more for a very long time.
This Monday, May 26, precisely, OM did not fail to celebrate its favorite birthday. But it was difficult for the Phocaeans to highlight Basile Boli, the only scorer in the meeting. The one who is still club ambassador thus admitted that he would support PSG on Saturday against Inter. A sacrilege.
“I'm going to watch the final like everyone else. My heart remains blue and white. But I am behind Paris Saint Germain. Representing France is something important for me ”said Basile Boli.
Evoke the final without the scorer's photo …
In Marseille, this is the kind of remarks that goes very badly. It may have influenced OM community posts on Monday, when paying tribute to this final. How to use the photo of the scorer of the meeting, without encountering a wave of negative comments?
On X (ex-Twitter), OM posted six photos of May 26, 1993. We see Raymond Goethals, Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps, the supporters, the famous trophies, but not Basile Boli. The striker appears discreetly on one of the shots published on Instagram. But his “absence” is probably nothing trivial …
