Carlos Bianchi, a Paris Saint Germain striker in the late 1970s, warmly welcomed Lionel Messi, in a video that the Parisian club spread through its social networks.
“Hello Lionel, I welcome you to Paris, a beautiful city”, begins the message of the former coach of Vélez and Boca towards the Argentine star. “Paris Saint Germain is a great club and you are going to make it bigger, I’m sure of that, “added Bianchi in the video posted by PSG on his Twitter account.
Bianchi, who played 80 games for PSG, with 71 goals, between 1977 and 1979, wished Messi success in his time at the French club. “After all this back and forth, I think that what you want is to play football, which is what we like the most. I wish you the best and that you get, at least, a part of everything you achieved in Barcelona “, closes the Viceroy in his message to the new idol of the Parisian club.
In statements to the newspaper Le Parisien, Bianchi had praised the arrival of Messi, whom he classified as the best player he saw in his life. “For my taste, Messi is the best of all because he does everything: he assists and is a scorer. Maradona was not a scorer. In Italy, it was Michel Platini who finished three times the top scorer in the championship when Maradona was in Naples “, remarked the former coach, who also made it clear that today it is easier to be a forward than in his time or in Maradona’s.
“I don’t like to compare, especially because football today is easier for the strikers today “, the Viceroy remarked. “Either because of the technology that regulates off side, because we played a meter behind the defenders to make sure we were enabled, or because today they are more protected by the referees. Before they hit us everywhere “, argued Bianchi.
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