"The reality is quite different." : AJ Ajaccio’s president blames Kenzo’s family and media

An end of season where French football will do well. Ajaccio hosted Olympique de Marseille on Saturday, June 3, due to the 38th and final day of Ligue 1. On Friday afternoon, a clash broke out between the supporters of the two clubs. Unfortunately, despite this warning, new events took place on the evening of the match. Kenzo, just 8 years old and cancer-stricken, was recruited by Corsican fans, who was in the Ajaccian enclosure with his father. Our colleagues from Sud Ouest report that his father was punched twice in the face as his jerseys were torn and burned.

As the investigation opened, the head of AJ Ajaccio gave an interview to our colleagues. Parisian. Alain Orsoni does not hide his anger towards the family of young Kenzo, whom he accuses of lying in this incident. “When I found out what had happened, I was involuntarily touched because the movement as it was displayed was infamous. But I was tricked and manipulated (…) It took only 12 seconds to intervene in the locker room. The ubiquitous mother wasn’t even around. So what can he say? Anyway, the boy wasn’t shot. All the national press talked about this event, even the President… I have to defend my club. I have experience with how the media treats us, so I have to react.“He gets angry.

Alain Orsoni, however, does not want to hold Corsican fans responsible for these excesses. “Attention, I do not excuse the three young people who entered the locker rooms to steal the form. We can condemn this great stupidity“, he states. The president of AC Ajaccio explains that he reserves the right to file a complaint against Kenzo’s family.”It seemed impossible to me that they might want to use their sick little son to stir things up (…) Now, some elements suggest that the reality is quite different, and that the seriousness of the actions of some Ajaccien adherents has been greatly exaggerated, which is, moreover, reprehensible.“, he adds.

Aurelien Gaucher