The decor was well planted. At the end of the afternoon, on the court simonne-Mathieu (closest to the geographically of the Princes park), the British Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley had to deal with the sound of songs and firecrackers to compete in a place in the 8th finals of Roland-Garros. “I had never experienced this kind of situation,” breathes Norrie, released victorious. It looked like the firecrackers were on the court. It was quite strange. »»
But a few minutes later, on the Central, for the night session between Djokovic and Misolic (6-3, 6-4, 6-2) The atmosphere was much less football despite the fairly early goals ofJudge and gifted. A bit too far from the park cauldron. Just a whisper and some shy “go Paris”.
Discreet and content, like the tournament’s encouragement to “his neighbor” before the match, in the form of a small message Here is Paris To the notes of “Who Said I WOULD”, the tube of Phil Collins. Not many people either in the aisles where all the matches were already over …
Which did not prevent many spectators from following the progress From the evening to the Allianz Arena On their smartphone live score or video. “We love tennis but it was out of the question to miss the match of the century,” smiles Thierry, dismissed in the Yvelines and the battery of the phone carefully recharged at 100 % before pushing the gates of Roland-Garros. A 3rd round of Djoko and PSG simultaneously on the screen, it was still the ideal evening! »»
Other spectators almost came by default. “Originally, my husband had to come with my daughter and had planned an evening,” sighs Sylvie, a regular at the Porte d’Auteuil. But there, it is a case of force majeure! He therefore followed PSG on a large screen with friends and we came to enjoy a slightly quieter atmosphere inside Roland. Because we could see when the surroundings were very festive! »»
During the day, we saw a lot of PSG jerseys flourish in the spans of the various courts. Vintage, nostalgic, flocked Cavani, Pauleta, Ibra and even llace or straight out of the official boutique, a few hundred meters away, the label barely torn off.
“We had necessarily bought Roland’s places long before we know that PSG would go to Munich, slide Antoine and Hugo, with a” commodore “tunic on the back from the 1990s. If we had managed to go to Germany, we would have sold them on the official platform. But there, rather than looking at it at the park, we still preferred to come here, it makes us a two in one and it absolutely does not prevent us from leaving on a long night of celebration behind. »»
To the third goal of PSG, while Djokovic is widely in mindfireworks resonate a little louder above the central. At the fourth, we finally agitate a little. In perfect synchronization, the ex-n ° 1 world is just ending his speech at the time of the final whistle in Munich. “PSG is European champion,” says Mr. Loyal Marc Maury without triggering the slightest reaction …
