Sportsman | Avignon: the football world in shock after the death of an AS Rasteau player
“SI do something to you, above all, don’t forget to say that he was smiling and loving “, insists the trainer son Cédric Salmieri.
Yesterday, the day after Badr Laksour’s disappearance, Sunday at the Pierre Baizet stadium in Avignon, messages of saddened condolences flooded into the Facebook page of the District Grand Vaucluse de Football. Vaucluse clubs but also Drôme clubs presented AS Rasteau and the player’s relatives with their emotional thoughts. They all had in mind the one we called “Bador”.
For his part, the coach of AS Rasteau, Cédric Salmieri, still in shock at this news, remembered his player. “Badr, he was a club kid. He only knew Rasteau … For fifteen years, he defended our jersey. It was even he who called me the day before Saturday and told me: ‘Do you want me to come and lend a hand? ‘. “
The young coach of the District 3 team, who had an appointment as part of a Grand Vaucluse Cup match against Avignon-Ouest, did not expect to know such an outcome. His midfielder collapsed in the 43rd minute of play. Badr Laksour reportedly took a chest bump and then fell suddenly.
If the shocked Rasteau players could not react to the state of their teammate, those of Avignon-Ouest quickly took matters into their own hands. Without waiting for the arrival of the firefighters, the first aid measures were provided to the victim. A nurse, who accompanied the Haut Vaucluse team, entered the field. Despite their best efforts to revive the player, nothing helped. He died in front of his comrades. Badr Laksour was 41 years old.
“He was very involved in the town, in the associative world and was responsible for the festival committee. He worked in a company in Sorgues but lived for about a year in Sablet where he had built with his company, continues the mayor, Laurent Robert. “Badr was very kind, Cédric Salmieri ends. He was someone who loved to bring together and brought light. “