VENGEANCE – Two years after the slap in Doha, the Blues of blind football avenged Mbappé’s French team by beating Argentina on Saturday in the final of the Paralympic Games.
Au stade Tour Eiffel,
Revenge is a dish best served at the Paras. Oh and shit, let’s just say it, sah, what a pleasure! Two years after the organ failure in Doha, the Blues of blind football washed away the Qatari affront by cleaning up the Albiceleste in the same way, in the penalty shootout lottery dear to Didier Deschamps, to win the very first French gold medal in this discipline at the Paralympic Games.
At home, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, in the stadium that the world envies us, and in a totally crazy atmosphere, no, honestly it’s too much. When you’ve seen that, you can die peacefully as the other one said. Because the scenario offered by the players still has something to question us about the meaning of this masquerade that we call life. Has it really happened or are we in a giant virtual simulation piloted by little green men with overflowing ideas?
In a normal world, Brazil, who had won all the gold medals in blind football so far, would have made short work of the Argentinians before crushing us with a pile driver, as was the case in the group match (3-0 defeat for the Blues). But that would have been too easy and, let’s face it, not really funny. Something new was needed, and what better than a (…) - 20minutes
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