Medhi was educated at Dangla college in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne). His classmates were in Armandie Friday to tell the Narjissi family that he is still in their hearts.
The gray sky. He's still not crying. Applause rises to the sky like white balloons as Agen players in their “Thoughts on Medhi” shirts gather in front of the Ferrasse stand. In Lacroix, the Aginnum supporters' association displayed the banner “Thoughts to the Narjissi family, Armandie's child Medhi.” This Friday, September 6, at the dawn of a dark Agen-Nice, the USA and the Blues pay tribute to one who left too soon.
Images of him, provided by the family, appear on the giant screens. He smiles. Jalil, Valérie, his parents, Inès, his sister, are on the ground. Devastated, they might think of their favorite song (Kasango-Osama by Zakes Bantwini) of the sunshine of their life. Trained in the US before joining Stade Toulouse, Agen native Medji Narjissi, 17, was wrongfully swept away by a wave on August 7 in South Africa. He toured with the France U18 team.
“He beamed with his friends,” his education teacher recalls
In the Basquet stand, forty colleagues from Dangla College, in Agen, where Medhi was educated, hold letters to form the following message: “Dangla College with Medhi”.
“I also had laminated photos of him with his friends during the UNSS competitions because he played all the sports,” explains Pierre Bareille. He was Medhi's PE teacher for three years.
He initiated this emotional gesture, encouraged by several teachers. Like everyone who, directly or indirectly, knows Narjissi, he says he was “devastated” when he learned the unthinkable.
“We were all marked by this tragedy. Medhi was a Dangla between 11 and 15. At that age, friends are important. He shone with them. He was a recognized student. He made connections with many. Today I am in high school at CFA La Palme, at Palissy or at De Baudre They were there on Friday.
If Medhi finished school “quietly”, Pierre Bareille remembers the athlete he was. “He had a competitive spirit, a taste for self-improvement. It showed that it was there. His generation is now in its final year. We thought the best way to pay him homage was to come to him in his kingdom.”