It’s an important lesson for any young footballer that Rémi Himbert has learned very well: keep your feet on the ground. The Lyonnais, scorer Thursday evening for his first professional start with Les Gones against PAOK, in the Europa League (4-2), had a dream evening but did not let himself be overwhelmed.
In addition to this first start and this first goal, Himbert set himself a record, and not just any record: at 17 years and 334 days, he became the youngest scorer in the history of OL in European Cups, ahead of a certain Karim Benzema (17 years and 352 days, in 2005 against Rosenborg in the Champions League).
If there is still a long way to go to follow in the footsteps of the French Ballon d’Or, the native of Saint-Avold has kept a cool head. At the Canal + microphone after the meeting, the young man quickly thought about… his return to the Les Gones training center: “I’m still sleeping at the training center, so this evening I’m going to go back and I’m going to have to give back my phone,” he laughed.
Partials next week
For him, daily life is still a mix of football and studies. “I had skipped a class so I already had my baccalaureate,” he says. So I’m studying, a bachelor’s degree in sports management and marketing. Next week I have my finals, so now I’ll have to work outside of football. »
In the mixed zone, the young man says that he learned the day before that he would be the starter. “Two and a half weeks ago, I played in Gambardella,” he explains. This weekend, basically, I expected to play in Gambardella. I think my good performances in training may have allowed me to get some playing time.”
He now writes his name in OL history with this goal: “I know that there are many best players in the world who have scored this early. I want to have a good career. When you want to do one, you have to set goals. To score this goal is something incredible. »
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