The day after, Manfred Baumann, whose real name is different, would have liked to talk about Eintracht Frankfurt's first win in the Champions League, but he is unable to do so on Wednesday.
The experiences of his day trip to Marseille, which started cheerfully on Tuesday morning and ended a good 24 hours later with great shock and a feeling of anger and sadness, are too deep.
Baumann has been going to Eintracht away games for more than 40 years, "but I've never experienced anything like this," he says - and does not report on game scenes and fan chants, not on an easy, possibly boozy football trip to happiness, but rather of blood, fear and bewilderment.
Daniel Schleidt
Coordinator of the economics department in the Rhein-Main-Zeitung.
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After Eintracht's guest appearance with French participants Olympique Marseille, one thing is certain: Eintracht Frankfurt and all those who were there will be busy with this first away game in the premier class of European club football for a long time to come.
And even fans who haven't been to France find the joy of their long-awaited participation in the Champions League dulled;
they fear that one of the few games they will get to see in this league will be banned by UEFA because of what happened in Marseille.
fear for life
Because the European Football Association has been watching Eintracht for a long time.
The rush of a number of spectators after the semi-final second leg of the Europa League against West Ham last season resulted in the club being suspended for a game on probation.
Now the sanction could come into force, possibly already when the stars of Tottenham Hotspur come to the Waldstadion on October 4th.
But as unfortunate as such a punishment would be for the vast majority of innocent fans, the fact that human lives were actually in danger in Marseille is far more serious.
As several eyewitnesses reported to the FAZ, a Frankfurt fan was hit in the neck by a flare fired from the adjoining block, believed to be by Marseille supporters, and fell to the ground.
A photo of a large bloodstain circulated on the short message service Twitter: the fan had to be taken to the hospital, according to Eintracht he is no longer in mortal danger.
Manfred Baumann feared for his life.
For the first time, when he and his tour group were transported by bus from the Frankfurt meeting point at the Place de la Jolliete in Marseille to the Stade Vélodrome and bricks were thrown at them, which shattered the windows and brought the buses to a standstill for a long time.
And for the second time, when they were suddenly shot at with rockets and flares in the stadium, before the game and later after the supposed 2-0, which was withdrawn for offside.
"They aimed at our heads and shot the things into the middle of the crowd," says Baumann.