08/13/2021 1:15 PM
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/13/2021 1:15 PM
The memory of their meeting is not the best.
The expectations that had been generated around the group that would dispute the 2018 World Cup in Russia, with Lionel Messi in his splendor and Jorge Sampaoli as the driver of the Argentine national team, were crushed once the ball began to roll.
The outcome is known: everything ended in a short circuit on and off the court that crowned a performance to be forgotten in the World Cup and ejected the technical director.
Now they will meet again but as rivals in the French league.
And the reception of Sampaoli to Leo, although he arrived with good wishes, also added a load of catharsis on a scenario that he considers unfair.
“The differences are always increasing according to power.
I think that over time, nowadays, power is much stronger than justice ”, started the Olympique de Marseille coach.
At the end of October they will meet in France, Marseille and PSG.
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And he deepened his idea: “This type of situation where, with the great difference that Paris Saint Germain had with the rest of the budget (sic), and with the quality of footballers that its squad has, the arrival of the best player in the world that still deepens or multiplies the differences ”.
While he pondered the Argentine's landing in Ligue1, he once again marked the difference in the tools that the clubs have.
“It is good that Leo arrives here because the League is going to be hierarchical, everyone is going to see the French league, but in reality it also generates a great difference in power that also generates a little distance from justice.
Hopefully with the passage of time all the clubs with a lot of history, such as OM or other important clubs in France, will have the same possibilities that PSG has today, which has an economic power that totally dominates the history of soccer sport in this country " , summarized the DT.
Beyond his analysis, the former coach of the Argentine National Team wished Messi "to have a good time, be happy and enjoy this very competitive, difficult and different contest."
And at that point, he stressed: For us it will be a special motivation.
All eyes will be on here ”.
The first meeting between Sampaoli's Marseille and Messi's PSG will be for the eleventh round of the championship, at the end of October.
The team from Casildense won in their debut 3-2 against Montpellier as a visitor and on Sunday they host Bordeaux for the second day.
