Facing the Stade de Reims, today, Mamadou Sakho could experience his first minutes in the pailladin jersey. What if we found the last time he crossed the orange and blue tunic before leaving for England?
It was in November 2012, during the season after the title. We don’t know if he remembers it, but on our side we remembered a game that had ruined the evening for him. Montpellier received PSG on a Sunday evening in the closing match of the 12th day, and while the two teams were only in the observation round, Mamadou Sakho was caught the ball by Gaëtan Charbonnier thirty meters from his goals after the pressing pailladin had considerably hampered a banal opponent’s relaunch phase. Our striker going to goal, the ex-Parisian defender completely in the pickup found no other solution than to grab his jersey for ten meters, clearly hampering his race and causing him to miss his shot at the end. entrance to the surface. Result, the referee Clément Turpin inflicted a direct red card after only… ten minutes of play! A decision that had made a lot of talk on the part of the players, managers and other supporters of the club of the capital, claiming that the position of last defender was not proven in view of the defensive withdrawal of his partner Thiago Silva at that time. . A subject always a source of debate on the notion of interpretation and annihilation of a clear opportunity.
Getting back to the pitch, the match ended in a draw (1-1). Maxwell opened the scoring on a clever lob then Rémy Cabella equalizing in the second half with a crushed shot. Younès Belhanda was also sent off for two yellow cards.
Well, after all since “Mamad” claims not to hold a grudge…
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