March 26, 2008, 11:00 pm
Filed under: England v. France, FIFA, France, Franck Ribery, Sepp Blatter, pour mon pote hicham et mr gilardi
Filed under: England v. France, FIFA, France, Franck Ribery, Sepp Blatter, pour mon pote hicham et mr gilardi
The writing on Franck Ribery’s shirt reads simply,
“For my friend Hicham and Mr. Gilardi”.
It wasn’t the ostentasious celebration Sepp Blatter had been looking to stamp out when he made shirt removal a bookable offense, but nonetheless- it was a yellow card. For those who’d like to know, Gilardi was a French television football commentator. He died the night before the France-England friendly, and the French team wore black armbands in his memory.
No, I don’t know who Hicham is- possibly a personal Morrocan friend of Ribery?
[Photo: AP]
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Hicham was a friend of ribery who died too in the previous days
Comment by a March 27, 2008 @ 8:22 pmAh ha! Cheers, thanks for the clarification. Somber time for Ribery though, good gracious.
Comment by groundsman March 27, 2008 @ 8:50 pmque bien que ribery les hace este homenaje.
gran post
Comment by surforever March 28, 2008 @ 6:15 pmGracias!
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