The Defenders of Childhood Tournament, organized at the Stade Vélodrome this weekend, managed to attract the most famous native of Marseille, a certain Zinédine Zidane.
Zinédine Zidane is back at the Stade Vélodrome and if some OM supporters dream of seeing him at the head of the Marseille team, the native of the Marseille city responded favorably to the call of the Childhood Defenders Tournament. Cnape, the national federation of child protection associations, organized this event with 18 teams wearing the colors of Ligue 1 clubs.
Mohamed Bouhafsi, sports journalist and columnist on the show C to you on France 5, is one of the association’s sponsors and took “Zizou” to the Vélodrome grounds. To the great delight of the spectators in the stands and especially the young players who were able to greet the legendary number 10 of the 98 world champions.
As a reminder, after leaving the Real Madrid bench in May 2021, with whom he won the Champions League three times as a technician, Zidane is still waiting for a new challenge. He repeatedly refused the golden bridge offered by Qatar to lead PSG and waited, in vain, for Didier Deschamps to leave the France team.
Zidane surprises the children from Child Welfare at the final of the child defenders tournament at the Vélodrome! The young people from RC Strasbourg and Olympique Lyonnais were very moved by the presence of Zizou. pic.twitter.com/vbhZoGtCV5
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This gentleman came especially from abroad for the children! Today there were 300 children plus 1: me!
Thank you Mr Zidane ❤️ pic.twitter.com/8FPMTVjE8o— Mohamed Bouhafsi (@mohamedbouhafsi) November 19, 2023
THE ZIDANE LEGEND IS AMONG US 😍😍#ChildhoodDefenders #Let’sPlayCollective pic.twitter.com/Sp0ZLOprQC
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