“They put a gun to my head for 10 minutes”

Ángel di María and Marquinhos have experienced a drama these days. On Sunday, while they were playing PSG-Nantes, the house of Fideo and that of the central's parents were attacked by thieves. Fortunately, only material losses had to be lamented, although the families of the footballers were there. Choupo-Moting, Thiago Silva, Sergio Rico and Mauro Icardi have also suffered similar incidents in recent years, but this casuistry goes beyond the Parisian team and is something that has been repeated over the years.

Florent Balmont, retired former midfielder In the midst of the pandemic when he was a Lille player in 2008, he experienced an assault of this type, although in his case he did come face to face with looters, as he recalled in an interview with Le Parisien. “That night I was sleeping at home. I was playing the next day. It was five in the morning.”, contextualize.

“Three people opened the door and told me they had come to get my car keys, which was in the front. They threw my wife on the ground. They put a gun to my head for about 10 minutes. My daughter was four years old. He didn't come out of the upstairs bedroom, but he saw everything“, he relates.

Such a drama is life-changing, as Balmont acknowledges: “The club had posted agents from eight in the afternoon until six in the morning. During this period, we spent all our nights in the same room, my wife, my 4-year-old daughter and the youngest, who was 11 months old at the time. “. Likewise, it is not something that is easily removable and for a four-year-old girl, even less. “My wife and I managed to get through it on our own. But he persecuted my daughter for several years. “, ends a Balmont that has wanted to shed light on a too common drama in the lives of footballers …