The president of the Professional Football League (LFP) Nathalie Boy de la Tour promised on Tuesday that French football would "mobilize to help financially rebuild" the Notre-Dame cathedral, ravaged the day before by a huge fire.
A drama "that touches us all"
"The world of [French] football will mobilize to help financially rebuild this cathedral" which "is part of our heritage," assured the patron of French football on the occasion of the presentation of a partnership with the l Environmental NGO WWF France, without specifying an amount. "This is an aid that we will coordinate with all players in French football," she explained.
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Ravaged by a seemingly accidental fire on Monday, Notre-Dame de Paris was disfigured but did not completely collapse. The fire of the cathedral, experienced as an international tragedy, was mastered Tuesday at dawn after twelve hours of struggle by the firefighters, who managed to save the structure of the building. "We will be in solidarity in this drama that affects us all," added Boy de la Tour. "It touched us a lot."