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After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial team of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.
Unable to extend his term at FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi then had to leave the Catalan club in the summer of 2021. A bolt from the blue that benefited PSG, where La Pulga had set up shop. Having joined the capital club, Messi made his debut in the French championship against Stade de Reims. Present on the Reims side for this meeting, Ilan Kebbal recounted the Argentinian's great first.
Today at theInter Miami, Lionel Messi previously played for PSG. The Argentinian wore the jersey of the capital club between 2021 and 2023. Arrived from FC Barcelonahe had joined Parisforming on this occasion a frightening offensive trio with Neymar et Kylian Mbappé. While Messi had only known Barça before arriving at PSGLa Pulga made its big debut against Reims stadium. A meeting remembered very well Ilan Kebbalformer Rémois.
“When he comes back, for everyone, time has stopped a little”
On the set of the show Offside, Ilan Kebbal returned to this first match of Lionel Messi with the PSG. The current player of Paris FC who was then at Reims stadium : « The player I faced who impressed me the most? I played against Messi. He returned at the end of the match, it was his first match in France. The very first when he had just signed. He played it pretty simple. We were playing at home, in Reims, there were all the channels in the world at the edge of the pitch. When he goes to warm up, we are on the pitch, you have the stadium screaming as if there was a goal. We, all the players, automatically, whether it's PSG, we turn our heads, we see him warming up and we say to ourselves: “Fuck***”. And when he comes back, for everyone, time stops a little and we look at him ».
“We had to get into him a little”
Ilan Kebbal also revealed that instructions had been given for this great premiere of Lionel Messithus making it known: “ We had instructions that if he had to play as a starter or if he came in, we had to get into him a little. He is more physical than more than any player. But he's so intelligent that when he came home, he already knew that we wanted to hit him. He played in 1 or 2 touches for 25 minutes. He didn't want to take a hit ».
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