“You can't explain the emotion”

Raphael Varane attended the match incognito French Cup among his Lens and the PSG. The former defender of Like, Manchester United and Real Madrid he mingled among the fans present at the Bollaert-Delelis stadium to return to see live, for the first time, the club where he grew up and where he made his first team debut in the 2010/2011 season before moving to Spain.

This is his story on his social profiles of the evening he spent at the stadium where he made his debut: “Let's go back to the source… Don't try to explain it, you can't understand. I love football, emotions. That's what it's all about.”

Varane incognito at the stadium to support his Lens against PSG

The current manager of Como, who at the beginning of the season had been signed by the Como club but after just one appearance the former Real Madrid and French international star was excluded from the list for Serie A due to a knee injury and the The following September 25 he announced his retirement from playing football at the age of 31,

Varane yesterday returned to the stadium where he made his debut in 2010 and attended the Giallorossi team's match against Luis Enrique's Paris Saint-Germain like a fan, like he did as a child. To avoid creating chaos in his sector, he hid well behind a wool hat and a yellow-red scarf, trying an experience he had never had before.

The match did not end with the result Varane had hoped for, as Lens was beaten 4-3 on penalties by PSG, but this did not dampen the former footballer's enthusiasm: Raphael shared several shots of the evening on social media and the emotion of a moment that perhaps he had never experienced before.

The match ended 1-1 thanks to goals from Khusanov for the hosts and from Gonçalo Ramos for the Parisians: PSG prevailed 4-3, with the decisive contribution of Safonov, replacing the injured Gigio Donnarumma. In the round of 32, Paris will face Espaly, a team from National 3, the French fifth series which is equivalent to the Italian Excellence.