The ‘dembelists’

They have been found safe despite the restrictions. They are among us, at the tables, at meetings with friends, with family, at social gatherings… They are the dembelistes inaccessible to discouragement. Do not try to debate with them, do not expose highly reasoned arguments with statistics, minutes, impact on the game … because it is useless, an absolute waste of time and energy. They are dembelistes and point. They are in a parallel universe where Ousmane is a misunderstood genius haunted by sad, gray people who seek to overthrow him with their dark intentions and dirty tricks, an army of evil with the sole purpose of shattering the poor boy who runs the band like a runaway foal without finding companions to accompany it. A free verse that only they understand because they are as special as him. Because maybe, maybe that’s what it’s all about. Not of Dembélé, but of them.

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