L’Olympique de Marseille is mobilizing for Mayotte, devastated by the passage of Cyclone Chido. On the occasion of its 32nd Coupe de France final against Saint-Étienne, which will take place on Sunday December 22, the Marseille club will auction the jerseys worn by the players during this meeting. The funds will be donated to Secours populaire.
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OM wants to help those affected by one of the biggest natural disasters in France. In a press release, the club announced that “the funds collected on our partner platform MatchWornShirt will be donated […] to Secours populaire français which intervenes on site with its local associative partners ».
“A long common history”
The team from the Marseille city also explained that they share “a long common history” with Mayotte “marked by the presence of numerous Olympian supporters on site but also the passage to Bleu et Blanc in the 2000s, of Toifilou Maoulida and which continues today through the links that Keyliane Abdallah and Raimane Daou maintain with the island in the Indian Ocean. »
Toifilou Maoulida, born in Mayotte, was an OM striker from 2006 to 2007 while Keyliane Abdallah, who grew up between Mayotte and Marseille, and Raimane Daou, born in Mayotte and international for the Comoros, are currently in the ranks of Marseille club.
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In its press release, OM indicated that “the president, Pablo Longoria, and all the components of the club, provide their full support to the people of Mahor as well as to the relatives of its two players, affected by this tragic situation, and associate with the pain of all the victims and their families.”
Support to which Toifilou Maoulida did not fail to react: “I would like to thank OM and more particularly President Pablo Longoria for his promise kept following the SMS of support that he sent me and the help that he could bring through the OM foundation for Mayotte and the Mahorais people,” he wrote on X.
