“If we win tonight (that will never happen) I will pay my September salary to an association + I will tattoo something related to Losc + I will dye my hair red.” Hugo, 19 years old, Lille supporter didn’t believe it when he published this post on his account X (ex-Twitter), Wednesday, before the match between Losc and Real Madrid, on behalf of the second day of the Champions League.
Only here: Bruno Genesio’s men finally achieved the unthinkable, what this supporter did not imagine was credible: they created the resounding feat of defeating the reigning European champion (1-0) and thus putting end to his incredible series of 36 matches without defeat since last season… Consequence: the young Lille supporter sees himself in the “obligation” to keep his promise made, without believing in it, on the social network.
20,000 likes, 1.5 million views
At the microphone of our colleagues from France Blue North Hugo admits “to still be on cloud nine” after the victory of his protégés which he attended at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium. When he woke up this Thursday, October 3, he discovered that his post had been liked more than 20,000 times and accumulated more than 1.5 million views. He hallucinated. But he could no longer hide behind an empty promise on an evening of euphoria, as many followers pointed out to him.
Hugo therefore promised that he would keep his word even if he did not roll in gold. The young Lille supporter is a third-year business school student, on a work-study basis. “I couldn’t give everything right away, but I would give €100 per month for a few months until my salary is reached”he promised on the radio.
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This Thursday, he launched an appeal on social networks to choose the association in question which could benefit from his donation. He finally chose Pink October to support the fight against cancer. In any case, for him it’s certain, he will remember for a long time the Lille victory against Real Madrid of Kylian Mbappé and others.
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