8 years old, 330 games and goals that have remained in all memories: Mathieu Valbuena left an indelible mark on Marseille. The former French international (52 selections) emerged as one of the most influential players in the Marseille club in the 21st century.
However, this regularity and this level of performance did not protect him when he left OM in 2014. Returning to the Vélodrome stadium in the Lyonnais Olympic jersey a year later, Valbuena had been the target of scandalous overflows.
An effigy of the offensive midfielder had been made by spectators of the stadium, before being hanged on a gallows. Insulting songs and a banner had also targeted the player, pointed out for his choice to represent one of the rival clubs of OM. A sad end for Valbuena.
Valbuena Recadre Véronique Rabiot
These images were compared to the overflows occurring during the last classic opposing PSG to OM, during which Adrien Rabiot and his mother had been the victim of an insulting banner. But Véronique Rabiot refused to draw up an analogy in the program Additional investigation. “” You exaggerate there! I can't answer that! We are talking about PSG! You cannot put me in trouble with OM, we are talking about PSG, the way they behave, the banners and not something else … ».
Scandalized by PSG, Véronique Rabiot has therefore overlooked these comparable overflows … A reaction that disappointed the main interested party. “” She could have condemned, that does not mean that she would put herself on the back “Regretted Mathieu Valbuena on RMC. Remarks confirming, if necessary, that the old blue has not forgotten anything about this regrettable episode.
