The French newspaper So Foot created great unease following the elimination of the Red Devils by associating the name of Marc Dutroux with the poor performance of Dries Mertens. “Another little Belgian missing, but this time, Marc Dutroux has nothing to do with it“, wrote the newspaper, which later apologized.
“They did something outrageous“, launches a revolted Silvio Proto as rarely. “Who does the guy think he is who dared to write that? There must be a minimum of respect”, laments the former goalkeeper.
For Marc Delire, the “joke” is clumsy, but “it is freedom of expression. It’s like Charlie Hebdo“. “I’ll be honest, it made me laugh a little before telling me that I was stupid to laugh“, he confesses.
“Frankly, it pissed me off“, asserts Proto to conclude.