At a little table in the Brasserie Le Negresko, opposite Stade Velodrome, a kid is watching footage of an Olympique de Marseille game on his phone while his parents sip at their beers. The kid is wearing a Marseille shirt. ‘Greenwood’ is written on the back of it.
At the foot of the grand flight of steps that lead up to the stadium from the Boulevard Michelet, a man with a microphone and no shirt is orchestrating pre-match chants denigrating Paris Saint-Germain. A small crowd of perhaps 20 supporters has gathered. I count six of them wearing Greenwood shirts.