Steve Mandanda on Emotional Vélodrome Return: 'It Was Magical' - Get French Football News

Rennes coach Habib Beye brought in the former OM goaltender at the end of the game so that he could enjoy a superb welcome from the Phocéan public.

Entering the game in the last seconds against the club where he spent 13 seasons, the French goaltender was acclaimed by Marseille fans.

The Stade Vélodrome and the Marseille public offered this Saturday, May 17, 2025, a magnificent ovation to Steve Mandanda, club legend, entered into play with Rennes for the last seconds of the game won by the OM against his team (4-2). While the score was earned, the Rennes coach Habib Beye brought in [...] Read more Steve Mandanda: his former club offers a nice surprise appeared first on L-FRII.

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Steve Mandanda on emotional Vélodrome return: 'It was magical' - Get French Football News

The Vélodrome roared in the final minutes of added time. It was reserved for the one and only Steve Mandanda (40) who made his final return to the club that he had spent 15 years, who was substituted on symbolically by Rennes manager Habib Beye to the adulation of supporters. Even Marseille captain Leonardo Balerdi would hand his armband to the the 40-year-old following game, as he lapped up the adulation of both of Marseille’s virages. Speaking…

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