Patrice Evra retired in 2018, but he still appears regularly in the news.
Either because of the clash with Suarez or because of his vivid portrayal of Manchester United.
Recently, Evra's autobiography, I Love This Game, is coming soon, and the book will not only contain many insider stories on the pitch, but also Evra's reflections on football and off-field life.
Just before the autobiography was published, Evra gave an interview to The Times, in which he told a terrible story from his childhood.
At the age of 13, Patrice Evra was invaded by Teacher X...
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At the time, young Evra would stay at the teacher's house about three times a week because he lived too far from the school.
Evra's home was in the Les Yulis district of Paris, a distant suburb of Paris, where there wasn't even a train station, so Evra had to take a bus and then a train to get to school.
"Sometimes I fall asleep on the train and don't wake up until the last stop, and then I'm late for school." "I'm mentally tired, I'm going to go to football training after the course, and his school teacher came up with a solution where you can stay at my house three times a week so you don't need to take a car and you can rest," Evra said. ”
Evra's teacher, who is also the school principal, lives alone on campus.
The principal gave Evra a single room and then played game consoles with him and helped Evra with her homework and cooking.
Everything was fine until the headmaster walked into Evra's bedroom.
The door latched and I saw light coming in. I saw the headmaster looming, he slowly approached my bed, he thought I was asleep, put his hand in the quilt, wanted to touch me, I knew what he was doing, so I tried to push him away and hit him. ”
"I held on, but I was scared and I couldn't show him my fear. He went on like a fight for 10-15 minutes, he was serious and he tried to take off my pants. In the darkness, no one spoke, but he touched himself and felt a certain pleasure from what was happening. ”
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This went on for months, and Evra did not confess to his mother, because he was ashamed and afraid that no one would believe him.
"I'm not going to give up, I'm a warrior."
Still, one day he plucked up the courage to tell his mother that he would not spend the night at the teacher's house again.
"He didn't even ask me why I was leaving, he knew everything. On the last night at this man's house, when he found out I was going to return to my family, he finally succeeded and he put my underside in his mouth."
When Evra was 24 years old, he received a call from the police about his teacher's harassment of other children, hoping that he would cooperate with the investigation.
Evra lied at the time, saying he had not been subjected to violence, and when asked if he was sure, his answer was firmly "ok".
Evra was already a rising star in French football at the time, and he was afraid that the incident would affect his future.
"I've endured this lie for years. I can't express how much I regret it,"
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"If you're a kid reading a book and you're being bullied, you should say it out loud. Don't be afraid that this is your shame, because there is no shame. Deal with nightmares and talk about it. I looked at my son and thought if anything, I want him to tell me. ”
"There were a lot of bad things that happened in my childhood and people I know and love will read this and I don't want to hurt them, but I think it's important to tell my story honestly, I'm 40 years old and I'm telling the truth."
Evra said his girlfriend didn't know about it until recently.
"I met her and became more emotionally open, she was my best friend, my like-minded person, and even my psychiatrist. She was an angel. Honestly, when I was writing the first edition of the book, I wasn't there to tell the whole story because I felt ashamed and afraid of what people would think of me. ”
"But now I want to say this because I don't want the kids to be in my position where they are ashamed of themselves and think they themselves are not brave. It's not about courage, you need to be mentally prepared to talk about it, so I just want to make sure the kids have the courage and they don't blame themselves because I blame myself all the time. ”
No one understood Evra's mental anguish, not even his mother had learned of the story two weeks earlier, and Evra flew to Paris to tell her where her autobiography was going to start.
"It was a big blow to my mother, she was very angry, she said she was sorry for it, she said, 'You can't write it in your own book, it's personal privacy.'" But when I said, 'Mom, it's not about me, it's about the other kids,' she said, well, she understood. ”
"This book will mean that people will change their perception of me, but I prefer to talk to people, I am a better version of myself, my friend said, you say it, everyone will talk about it, imagine the pressure, but the biggest pressure is when I say it to my mother, it's really hard to think about it now." 」
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