“But what is this match?” While this Friday evening many bistros broadcast the very tense Croatia Brazil (1-1, file) on the big screens, the address at 51 boulevard Gambetta broadcasts… France Paraguay 1998. A time that anyone under twenty cannot help but know and where you could still win a World Cup match thanks to the famous golden goal (Neymar would have preferred…) “Come on Diomede, come on Trezeguet!”
Welcome to Bar du Midi, an offbeat and resolutely friendly address that has recently reopened in this popular district of central Nîmes. At the wand three associates, two of whom behind the counter, who didn’t always spend their time serving Ricard. One is a professor of geohistory in Drancy (Ellian Zaouche, who therefore does not work there), the second, Clément Bonet, is a social designer (he participated in the creation of the Fablab in Nîmes), and the third, Romain Duplan , is a historian, specializing in the history of immigration and social movements.
Taking up this direction, it is precisely the movement, the crossing of populations and the exchange that the trio wants to encourage. “We’ve wanted to create a meeting place that’s open to everyone for a long time,” explains Romain. In the midst of antique furniture, we welcome concerts (Pepe Linares is already scheduled for December 23rd), group rehearsals, association meetings. Soon we will also be able to play at PMU again (in January). And therefore, watch football matches from another era. “Since we don’t want to take part in this Qatar story, we have chosen to broadcast the 98 World Cup from the round of 16.” This Friday the men of Deschamps, the new captain, beat those of Chilavert thanks to a goal from Bianco. “We will broadcast the quarter-finals against Italy on Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00, the time against Croatia on Tuesday at 18:00 and the final against Brazil on Sunday from 18:00 to 16:00, explains Romain. And I will tell you also the end. : France will lift the cup.”
