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Ligue 1: Tino Kadewere, on behalf of the big brother

On August 15, OL achieved one of the greatest exploits in its history by leaving Manchester City in the quarter-finals of the Champions League (3-1). The Lyonnais may have had a little extra soul, they who wore a t-shirt in tribute to Tino Kadewere’s brother, Prince, who died at the age of 31 at the beginning of the month during the warm-up. August.

Four years after losing his dad, 24-year-old Tino also lost his older brother, to whom he was very close. “I think of him all the time”, confided a few days ago the Zimbabwean striker, the revelation of the start of the season for OL and double scorer in the derby against Saint-Etienne. “We were there for him,” blows his teammate Thiago Mendes. “It was so hard. We tell him we’re here, always there, but we don’t dare talk to him about it. How to recover from such a drama? », Whispered another teammate, blown away by the current level of the Zimbabwe international.

His career is atypical. At almost 20 years old, after having played only in his southern African country, Tino went to try his luck in Sweden in 2015. In the Djurgardens club, where to break through, he is ready to play anywhere. He will even be used as a defensive midfielder, number 6 in front of the defense. In Sweden, he plays with Kim Källström, the former double champion of France with OL.

“His progress is phenomenal”

He was then spotted by a recruiter from Le Havre and the Norman club did not hesitate to spend 2 million euros in the summer of 2018 for a player that he would sell for more than … seven times more expensive, two years later ( 15 million euros).

Last season, under the orders of Paul Le Guen, Kadewere marked the spirits in Ligue 2, piling up goals and high-level performances. At the peak, he has 20 goals in just 24 games. What arouse curiosity, and even the eyes of OL, which had already attracted Ferland Mendy from Le Havre in 2017. For the success that we know. The titi of Ecquevilly is now a player for Real Madrid and the Blues.

Kadewere is not yet at Real but he has already won over the fans of his new club. With this saving double during the derby. “His progress is phenomenal,” said goalkeeper Anthony Lopes, amazed. In Lyon, a few weeks after his arrival, after the tragedy that we know, he overturned the hierarchy, putting on the bench for several matches Moussa Dembélé, the local scorer. Just that. Rudi Garcia uses it, for the moment, mainly on one side. “He has the qualities to play everywhere, even full back,” laughs one of his teammates. At 24, he in any case exploded one night of derby thanks to a victorious double.

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