Legendary president of RC Lens, Gervais Martel will kick off the match between his longtime club and OM this Saturday at Bollaert-Delesis. A true miracle as he says.
Lensois supporters will have the pleasure of seeing Gervais Martel on the pitch this Saturday afternoon, because the legendary former leader of the Sang et Or had somewhat disappeared from circulation for many months. And it's in everyday life The Voice of the North that Gervais Martel explains the reasons for his absence. Without saying what he was suffering from, even if he admits that his excessive tobacco consumption is the basis of this problem, the former Lensois president explains that he was first hospitalized for this first huge problem, then he caught a microbe , which allowed him to lose 17 kilos. In the northern media, Gervais Martel admits to having thought the worst during this critical period.
« It's true, I thought I was going to meet all my friends up there… They told me that I was still called up for the next meeting. So I went back down. I was still on the good score sheet, not the one that goes to heaven. If I hadn't smoked so much, I would have been better off, though. », Confides the legendary president of RC Lens, who will therefore celebrate his return to the Bollaert stadium by kicking off the match between Racing and Olympique de Marseille. An appearance which will delight the people of Lens and which will also allow us to celebrate Gervais Martel's 70th birthday a few days late.
