Lionel messi was presented today before the fans of Paris Saint Germain in the pre-match with Racing de Strasbourg, for the second date of Ligue 1, and the stands of the Princes Park they exploded.
“I want to thank the people for all the welcome. I feel excited, happy with the new stage that I have to live and I hope it will be a great year for us. I’m excited about all this“, assured Messi when it was his turn to speak at the brief presentation ceremony.
In addition, the ultras, in one of the headers, encouraged him with Argentine flags, fireworks and a “Paris, Paris, Paris” thunderous.
Then they continued with “Leo Messi, Leo Messi, Leo Messi, Leo Messi …”, a song that came down from the four sides of the stands, where the supporters returned after a year and a half due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The ex-Barcelona took the field together with the other reinforcements Achraf Hakimi, Georginio Wijnaldum, Gianluigi Donnarumma -recent champion with Italy of the Eurocup- and Sergio Ramos -ex-captain of Real Madrid-.
Messi was happy and whispered to Ramos, who was his “enemy” in so many Spanish classics between Barcelona and Real Madrid, that the presentation and encouragement “was incredible.”
And in the final photo he was seen smiling, like every day of the week, and in a container hug with Ramos and his other new companions.
The squad arrived in a bus, almost two hours from the meeting, without the new faces, nor Neymar, Ángel Di María, Marco Verrati and Leandro Paredes, who joined the training sessions this week after playing the continental finals with their selected teams. .
The wait for Messi in the Park of the Princes
In the pre-match, videos of all the reinforcements were shown and when Messi appeared
the 30 thousand present exploded
, who had to show a complete vaccination card to enter the stadium, in one of the many health policies established by the government of Emanuel Macron to achieve the long-awaited herd immunity in the coronavirus.
At the entrance to the Park of the Princes,
billboards with Messi,
welcoming the team over gate 7, where the fans entered. They themselves received gift flags on their seats when they entered the sectors to avoid crowds.
The fanaticism for Messi was observed throughout the week from the moment his departure from Barcelona was announced and the same footballer gave the press conference. He reached with his declaration that Paris Saint Germain was “an option” among the different destinations for the fans to go to the international airport to wait for him.
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