CHHHHHHHHHUT – The French blind football team faced Brazil on Monday, an opportunity for us to see if the French public managed to hold its tongue in front of a sport that requires silence during matches.
From our special correspondent in the most beautiful stadium in the world,
Nice, this giant king of silence. We had been dying to go see our first full-scale blind football match for a while, especially for the sensory experience that this sport involves, where silence is required during the match. No need to draw you a picture to explain.
The players, who are visually impaired or blind, are blindfolded (to ensure fairness) and the slightest background noise prevents them from hearing the bells inserted into the ball. The whole question was whether the crowd would manage to play the game and mute it once the kick-off was given. Not that we doubted it, but we know our compatriots a little, always quick to cause trouble and do the complete opposite of what we ask of them.
“It’s not easy to keep quiet”
The meeting was therefore scheduled at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, Monday evening, in this 15,000-seat stadium that is likely to give the most beautiful stadiums on the planet a few complexes, for a mouth-watering match between France and Brazil. If the public was able to set the place on fire before the match and at the slightest interruption of play, fau(…) - 20minutes
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