TFC supporters.
Drawing.
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Frédéric Scheiber / Sipa
These four words made TFC supporters react more than the previous sad 90 minutes.
Saturday afternoon, at the end of the Ligue 2 match between Toulouse and Troyes (0-0), the broadcaster beIN Sports inscribed on the screen the title "A draw in the dark".
Very unwelcome pun or an unfortunate coincidence?
In any case, the connection was immediately made with Brice Taton, the fan of the Violets who died on September 29, 2009 in Belgrade, following his assault by Serbian hooligans.
You are annoying @beinsports_FR, really.
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- Samuel Cadène (@samuel_cadene) October 3, 2020
For a proper apology from the channel. @ Beinsports_FR #BOYCOTTBEINSPORTS
Respect for the memory of #Brice
RT!
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- 先生 Mike 🟣 (@mike___sama) October 4, 2020
Eleven years after the tragedy, the TFC decided to pay tribute to the young man when he came to Troyes, with the invitation of some 170 members of Indians Tolosa and Forza Viola FC, two associations of which he was part.
A minute of applause was also observed before kick-off.
The TFC contacted the TV station to ask for an explanation.
1/1 We regret the title chosen to illustrate the Toulouse-Troyes meeting after the match.
We apologize to anyone who may have been bumped and renew all our support to the family, relatives of Brice TATON, @ToulouseFC as well as supporters
- Florent Houzot (@florenthouzot) October 4, 2020
2/2 It is obviously with a lot of respect that we wanted to relay yesterday the Club's tribute to its supporter Brice TATON.
The beIN SPORTS Ligue 2 teams will send a message to all TFC supporters on Monday 5/10 from 8 p.m. on the MAXI LIGUE 2 program.
- Florent Houzot (@florenthouzot) October 4, 2020
Faced with the outcry, beIN Sports reacted, via a message from the editor and antennae Florent Houzot.
"We regret the title chosen to illustrate the post-match Toulouse - Troyes meeting," he wrote on Twitter.
We apologize to anyone who may have been bumped and renew all our support to the family, relatives of Brice Taton, Toulouse FC as well as the supporters.
These apologies will be reiterated on Monday during the
Maxi Ligue 2 program
, from 8 pm.
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