The France U23 team gave a demonstration against Switzerland on Wednesday evening, and Rayan Cherki dedicated his goal and his performance to the young Nahel, killed by the police this week in Nanterre.
The distance between social issues and the words of footballers is no longer relevant. Since the dawn of time, athletes have not really had a say in the more global problems of our world. But speech is freed, and like the death of young Naël, killed by the police in Nanterre for refusing to comply, the French players have decided to break their silence. Jules Koundé, Kylian Mbappé and many others have pointed out this tragedy as a real problem on how to do law enforcement in these cases. Rayan Cherki, author of an amazing match with the France U23 team against Switzerland, took advantage of his time in front of the microphones to also go in this direction. ” I have a thought for Nahel’s family. Everyone knows what happened and we also wanted to win this match for him and his family. In the team, it was important for us to win this match to have a little thought for him and his loved ones. “Explained the Lyon playmaker.
“ He’s a footballer, don’t ask too much of him.
See this post on Instagram
If Cherki especially wished to evoke meditation, this speech had the gift of annoying a France as often divided on crucial subjects of society. The fact that the OL player took advantage of a tricolor rally to broach the subject in any case displeased certain followers of the Bleuets. “ He’s a footballer, don’t ask too much of him”, “think before you speak”, “one more shame”, “he doesn’t want to be given the Legion of Honor either? », « play football and stop walking “, were the responses sent on the ruthless social networks. Elected man of the match against Switzerland after his demonstration, Rayan Cherki was also congratulated on the other hand for this speech, which shows that, if everyone can have their opinion, footballers are not prohibited from talking about subjects of society or politics. Or else it would be necessary in the other direction to prohibit politicians from talking about football to get a boost…
