This Tuesday evening (9:15 p.m.), Jonathan Clauss should know his first tenure in the France team, during the friendly match against South Africa. Near the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, a portrait representing the right side of Lens was tagged.
The beautiful story of Jonathan Clauss with the France team should continue this Tuesday evening with his first tenure. But it could be tarnished by the local context. Against Côte d’Ivoire (2-1), the right side was able to know his first selection. He should continue this Tuesday evening at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, the enclosure of the rival of the Lensois: Lille. A hostile reception from the Lille public could be reserved for him. And it has actually already started.
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A few hours before the match, a poster representing the Frenchman, in the jersey of the Blues, near the Lille enclosure was the target of many tags: “F *** Lens”, “Lensois de m ***”, “Not Lens Welcome”. Other tags hostile to Clauss and the RCL were written on the ground.
In response to these acts, the president of the Hauts de France Football League, Cédric Bettremieux, called on Lille fans not to whistle Clauss: “The public must respond in the best possible way and must support this French team, she really needs it to be able to continue her journey and allow us to have a real World Cup.”
“Whether I’m whistled or not, in a pinch…”
Given his idyll with Lens and the tags present, the chances of seeing Clauss being whistled for his first tenure are strong. A regrettable event but which will not affect the main interested party: “I have the France team jersey on my back. Whether I am whistled or not, if need be… If I am not, as better it will help me at least. If I am, it’s OK. It’s like that”, he had declared in press conference.
For his part, Aurélien Tchouaméni sent a message to the public of Pierre-Mauroy asking them not to “not whistle Jo too much.” It is in a special atmosphere that Clauss will live his waking dream in a few hours.
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