Pour la rentrée et la nouvelle saison, Footballski vous invite à emprunter de nouveaux chemins pour explorer l’Europe de l’Est. Après le podcast, voici le photoreportage destiné à enchanter vos yeux. Dans cette rubrique, nous nous taisons quelque peu et ce sont les photos qui prennent la parole. Ce sont les couleurs, les sujets, les paysages, les jeux de lumière, les portraits et les histoires s’y déroulant qui vous font vivre et découvrir le football de l’Est qu’on aime tant. La priorité est donc donnée aux clichés, à la beauté, la chaleur ou la mélancolie qu’ils contiennent et les joies et tristesses qu’ils suscitent. Ces photoreportages sont destinés à être des projets photos ponctuels abordant une thématique particulière en lien avec le football de l’Europe de l’Est et son histoire.


Pour ce premier photoreportage, nous nous rendons à Chișinău pour vivre, de l’intérieur du stade et de la ville, le match entre la Moldavie et le Pays de Galles, comme si nous y étions.

Rouge pour le Pays de Galles, Jaune pour la Moldavie. Et inversement.

Le 5 septembre, près de 1200 supporters gallois ont assisté en Moldavie au match comptant pour les qualifications de la Coupe du Monde 2018.

L’ambiance dans la ville et au stade avait quelque chose de très joyeux et amical, les deux  parties adversaires semblant s’entendre à merveille, jusqu’à se confondre. Littéralement. En fait, la confusion était de mise avec les couleurs de la rencontre : alors que la ville était envahie par les tee-shirts rouges des fans gallois, leur équipe était vêtue de jaune, le rouge étant réservé aux Tricolorii, et avec la tenue bleue du gardien gallois, le maillot moldave était sur le terrain.

J’ai pu assister à la conférence de presse du stade du Zimbru lorsque Bale et Roberts étaient sur l’estrade. J’ai suivi les gallois dans le centre ville de Chisinau et l’arrivée des supporters au stade. J’ai aussi rendu visite aux tribunes des deux camps durant le match, m’introduisant sans encombre au sein du groupe compact des Gallois ainsi que des accueillants supporters moldaves.

Par Chiara Dazi

Press conference for the football qualifying round Moldova-Wales
The coach assistant Osian Roberts at the press conference at the Zimbru stadium, one day before the qualifying game for the World Cup 2018 between Moldova and Wales.
Press conference for the football qualifying round Moldova-Wales
The player Gareth Bale whispering to the PR at the press conference room at the Zimbru stadium, one day before the qualifying game for the World Cup 2018 between Moldova and Wales
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Supporters from Wales enjoy the centre of Chisinau on the game day. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Supporters from Wales enjoy the centre of Chisinau on the game day. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Supporters from Wales enjoy the centre of Chisinau on the game day. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Welsh supporters arriving at the Zimbru stadium before the start. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Supporters of the Wales national team interviewed in from of the Zimbru stadium before the start. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Moldovan supporters taking a selfie in the stadium before the start. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The all-red supporting groups from Wales in the Zimbru stadium before the start. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
View of Welsh flag and an apartment building in the background of the Zimbru stadium during the game. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
View of the supporters from the top of the Welsh sector in the Zimbru stadium. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Welsh supporters singing the National Anthem. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The singing red crowd viewd from above at the start whistle . Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The band is playing both National Anthems before the start. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Welsh supporters and their gadgets. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
View of the supporters from the top of the Welsh sector in the Zimbru stadium and a Cardiff city flag. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
A solitary Moldovan watching the game on the top section of the Zimbru stadium. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The stadium has sold out the tickets for this game. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
At the beginning of the first half the Moldovan team is dangerously attacking but do not manage to score. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
At the beginning of the first half the Moldovan team is dangerously attacking but do not manage to score. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The singing red crowd. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Two funny supporters pose for the photographer while trying to get through the crowd. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
A fan is very focused on the game from the stairs of the Welsh seciton. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Supporters showing their tattos. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The trainer of the Welsh team Chris Cornell is friendly slapping Garreth Bale bottom during a game break. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The break is for everybody during the half time. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Waiting for customers at the fan shop in the Zimbru stadium. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Moldovan supporters using the seats as drums. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
A Moldovan supporter with his country’s colors painted on the cheeck is wearing a cap with the Russian flag. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The Moldovan flag with moon and apartment building as background. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The Welsh goalkeeper has blue uniform, the Welsh team is wearing yellow and the Moldovan team red. The three colors on the pitch the Moldovan official flag colours. FFootball game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Gadgets on the seats for supporting the national local team. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
Last missed chance for the Moldovan team to end the game with a draw. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The foremen of the Moldovan supporting groups. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
The foremen of the Moldovan supporting groups. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018
World Cup preliminary stage Moldova - Wales
After the game ends, people wait for an authograph and journalists for a last interview from the players. Football game Moldova against Wales for the qualifying round to the World Cup 2018

 

Chiara Dazi est une artiste photographe à l’Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie de Berlin. Après avoir étudié les Sciences de la Communication à l’Université de Bologne, où elle a présenté une thèse sur l’Ostalgie, elle a décidé de se consacrer à la photographie. Intéressée par et travaillant sur les histoires de mémoires collectives, d’identités et de frontières, elle a récemment entrepris un projet dédié au football en République de Moldavie. Vous pouvez retrouver ses projets et suivre ses activités sur son site internet, son photoblog dédié au football et à la photo (d’où ce photoreportage est issu) et elle sera notamment projetée lors du In/Out Transylvania Photo Festival, à Cluj-Napoca, du 5 au 15 octobre 2017.

NB : Avis aux photographes professionnels, aguerris ou amateurs, si vous avez l’intelligence et la chance de voyager dans les méandres du football de l’Europe de l’Est, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter pour nous proposer des idées de photoreportages à l’avenir.


Image à la une : © Chiara Dazi / themoldovanderby.wordpress.com

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