DECRYPTION – Last July, the Israeli delegation played three football matches during the Paris Olympic Games. An investigation had been opened into anti-Semitic gestures at the Parc des Princes.
The question is not so much who will start in attack, whether the Blues will win or what the absence of Kylian Mbappé implies. Thursday evening, at the Stade de France, supporters, observers and perhaps even players will wonder: will the reception of the Israel team go smoothly? The war raging in the Middle East, an extremely sensitive and complex subject, generates great concern ahead of a football match with a relative sporting stake. A feeling already present at the dawn of the Paris Olympic Games this summer.
On July 24, two days before the opening ceremony, the Israeli delegation launched its Olympics with football. She faced Mali at the Parc des Princes. Around the home of Paris Saint-Germain, there was only joy and celebration before the start of the match. Malian and Israeli supporters mixed for photos and a bit of cheering. « We will win 4-0 »proudly promised a Malian in front of a camera…
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