The applause of the Auguste Delaune stadium, a photo with Predrag Rajkovic’s son in his arms, a kiss to Thierry Henry, his former teammate at Barça, consultant for the Amazon broadcaster… We will remember these beautiful images of the first minutes of Leo Messi in the jersey Parisian. In the game, the Argentinian looked for Mbappé, and Mbappé looked for him. Messi touched 26 balls, and was distinguished by an interception and an acceleration in the axis. He also caused three fouls. But the essential was elsewhere. The six-fold Golden Ball made its debut in Ligue 1, and it is an event for the world of football. International press review.
In Spain, resentment and hope
In Catalonia, an orphan region since the departure of the Argentine star from Barça, nostalgia is still felt when reading the newspapers. Yes Sport wants to retain the beginnings “with the victory” of Leo Messi, it is Memphis Depay who occupies the front page of the daily newspaper. The Dutchman is the author of the winning goal of the Blaugranas against Getafe on Sunday (2-1). Lionel Messi appears in the right corner of the page in a tiny photo that captures the moment he collapsed after a foul by Rémois Munetsi. Same choice of layout for the Sports world, who even believes that Kylian Mbappé “stole the show” from the former Barça player by scoring a double.
The performance and attitude of the world champion were expected against Reims, while Real still hope to attract him before the end of the transfer window on Tuesday night. Mbappé has still not extended but he is still concerned, evidenced by his third and fourth goal of the season scored on Sunday night.
To see Messi and Mbappé again in the Parisian jersey is the wish of many observers. “Together that would be better” is also the headline of the newspaper L’Equipe this Monday morning. We will not know until September 1 if these few minutes on the lawn of the Auguste-Delaune stadium were the first and last for the luxury pair of PSG. In fact, we were mainly waiting to see the MNM trio in action, but it was the Brazilian who gave way to Messi in the 66th minute.
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We will have to wait a bit to see the fire attack of the entire PSG in action. A wish far from being shared on the side of Madrid. The Madrid newspaper As also highlights the performance of the native of Bondy: “Mbappé marks for Messi’s party”. The very good performance of the Frenchman and his attitude even make “ to doubt madridism » worries the daily sports this Monday morning, looking for positive signals from the French. In Italy, the Gazetta Dello Sport is also wondering about the future of Mbappé. The daily wonders if this can “relaunch” the file.
Messi, still the national pride in Argentina
In Argentina, we especially enjoy the “Messimania” in France. The graphic As proof of this, this photo of the captain of the Albicéleste with the child of the Reims keeper. The Argentine sports magazine retains on its site the debut of Messi “before the eyes of the world”. In Barcelona or Paris, Leo Messi remains the pride of the country.
The Olé media note that Messi will have to “get used to” a physical championship in France. “The Reims players did not want to be the Argentine’s first victim. That’s why there was rigorous marking and a lot of marking to stop it. This prevented Leo from escaping on several occasions, which he will probably have to get used to ”writes the Argentinian media in its direct dedicated to the first minutes of Messi in Ligue 1. The Argentinian media also have fun with the joke Ander Herrera, entered the game at the same time as the Argentine star, and therefore applauded by the supporters of Reims.
Beyond France, Spain and Argentina, Messi’s first steps were broadcast and commented on 52 broadcasters around the world.
