VIDEO – Before welcoming it this Sunday, during the Classic, the Marseille enclosure has already been able to admire the qualities of the “Pulga” in 2009.
Lionel Messi, first? Record holder for goals with Barça, in Liga or even in the Argentine selection, the new number 30 of Paris Saint-Germain is still waiting to unlock his counter in Ligue 1. It may be for this Sunday, during the Classic against the OM in the closing match of the 11th day of the French championship, at the Vélodrome. A stadium that he knows well and on the lawn of which he has already shaken the nets.
It was not with FC Barcelona, which never faced the Marseille club during his tenure in Catalonia, but under the colors of Albiceleste. And what a goal! At the time, Marseille only had eyes for the new Argentine coach, a certain Diego Maradona, welcomed as a hero for his second match in his new functions. We remember that the late “El Pibe de Oro” once flirted with Bernard Tapie’s OM. Naples had finally held him back. But in this September 11, 2009, it is the young Messi, 21 years old and who was celebrating his 35th cape, who made people talk about him. At the expense of the Blues …
Alone against four defenders
«Attention, attention, there is danger …»To the comments of this friendly match between France and Argentina on TF1, Jean-Michel Larqué had felt the blow. In front of the score after the goal of the so-called Jonas Gutierrez at the end of the first period, the visitors doubled the bet thanks to Messi, in the 83rd minute.
It all started with a counter initiated by Carlos Tevez, who resisted pressure from Lassana Diarra before serving the neo-Parisian. Then, it was talent that spoke… Faced with four French defenders, the Argentinian genius with the juvenile hair and number 18 made speak his speed, his composure and his precision on the ball before deceiving Steve Mandanda in strength of the left, just inside the penalty area. Great art. “Fabulous goal»For Christian Jeanpierre. “He is too strongJean-Michel Larqué ignited. 0-2, final score.
It remains to be seen whether the 35-year-old Argentinian six-time Golden Ball, already triple scorer in his new colors, in the Champions League each time, will be able to repeat such a performance this Sunday, with PSG … One thing is certain: this time, Mandanda will not have to get the ball in his net, he who was relegated to the bench by the Spaniard Pau Lopez.
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