In the StoryThe Last Match
In ten days, Ilyès will play the final. He remembers the injury waiting for him there. Ilyès Benamar’s career has led to the match an entire country has been hoping for. Every training session, every gaze, every promise points toward it. For him, another image intrudes: his body giving way at the moment everyone expects him to go all the way.
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A few players lowered their heads to hide a smile. Hugo Serin, the captain, merely took a drink. He was thirty-three and possessed the rare talent of keeping his face out of conflicts that did not yet concern him.Read the excerpt ↗