Starting for the very first time in the Champions League on his birthday during the reception against Real Madrid, Ayyoub Bouaddi was a real sensation in Italy.
In the sequence of games, from the wonders of the championship to the stars of the Champions League, this is a subject that has fallen by the wayside. However, Ayyoub Bouaddi (17 years old) was on the front page of Corriere della Sera on Thursday October 3, the day after the historic success pocketed by LOSC over Real Madrid (1-0). I repeat, the young Mastiff made headlines in Italy.
“Ayyoub Bouaddi is the 17-year-old from Lille who beat Real, a phenomenon even at school: the birthday celebrated on the pitch, maturity taken a year earlier”introduced Stefano Montefiori, admiring the performance of the Lille native, born in Senlis in the Paris region. More than a simple match summary, the Italian press paints a portrait of the midfielder, at least it is a bit of a mixture of the two. She recalls his exploits at the Élysée as well as at high school, as well as his records of precocity, from the Breton green rectangle (the youngest footballer of the 21st century to play a Ligue 1 match in Brest) to the bitter cold of the Faroe Islands (more young player to play in a European competition against Klaksvik in the Conference League), Paulo Fonseca’s laudatory speeches about him. Remember, the Portuguese hammered out this sentence: “We have gained a player for the future”he repeated during the year.
“Ayyoub Bouaddi spent his birthday party at the Lille stadium with Bellingham, Vinicius, Modric, Mbappé. He was not in the stands to admire the champions but on the pitch: he made his debut as a starter in the Champions League playing against the stars of Real Madrid and beat them. At the end of the evening, he was carried triumphantly by his teammates in front of the Mastiffs corner who sang a powerful chorus to wish him a happy birthday. He experienced the most glorious evening in the history of LOSC, playing a match of great maturity”continued the transalpine media. Ayyoub Bouaddi will remember it for eternity, and what is certain is that he will not be the only one in this specific case.
