A ceremony took place this Tuesday, May 7, in the honor of Matisse, stabbed to death in the Saint Denis district of Châteauroux. A deliberately offbeat ceremony at the Gaston-Petit stadium which took place 10 days later his tragic death. A stand was opened in the stadium and the 15-year-old boy’s parents, relatives and one of his college teachers spoke.
It’s certain the song Who said I would by Phil Collins that Matisse’s coffin entered the stadium at 1:5 p.m., as reported France Blue. Nearly forty players of The star, Matisse’s football club, welcomed his coffin. After a guard of honor, the captain, Vincent Pirès, as well as around ten young footballers placed a jersey on the coffin. A jersey signed in the name of Berri with all his club teammates.
Murder of Matisse: his parents pay him a vibrant tribute
The tribute that Matisse’s parents, Cécile Cacciatori And Christophe Marchais, returned to him was imbued with strong emotion. “You taught me calm in the storm. You are a wholeyou are in us and I am convinced that they needed an angel like you up there. Fly away my angel, i love you“, mentioned the mother of the family. For his part, the father spoke with great emotion: “We’ll have to learn without you and your incessant blunders. It’s been ten days since my guts have been torn apart. Be at peaceall this is not your fault“.
Christophe Marchais then sent a letter to his son saying: “We will get there, for you, we will find the banana in your memory. Your memory, I will make it live“. Words thought and felt since this bereaved father will only wear pink to go to work. This color that his son loved so much. To keep his memory alive, he will even go to schools and homes to make known this story entitled Matisse.
Murder of Matisse: words that trace his entire life
In turn, his French teacher at college, Malika, also spoke to pay tribute to this boy who left too soon. “We are all here for you“, she said. She then recounted this part of the life of this boy who was his entry into sixth grade. A boy “not very academic“, she confides. But a close-knit family. The president of the chamber of trades and crafts, Nicolas Cousin, also spoke. He spoke above all of this route mapped out in Restoration for Matisse.
A clear path since the young boy’s parents are well-known restaurateurs from to Châteauroux. For this tribute ceremony to their son, they decided to organize a secular and apolitical ceremony. Farewells without social signatures, but profound for family and loved ones.
