08/13/2021 8:32 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 08/13/2021 8:32 PM
Ligue 1 kicked off last weekend as the football world came to a standstill with Barcelona's decision not to renew Lionel Messi 's contract.
Although the rumors placed the Rosario in France, it was a few days before his arrival at Paris Saint Germain was finalized.
This Saturday, while the second date is played,
Leo will be in the Park of the Princes and, although he will not play, he will be the protagonist of the day
.
In the preview of the match with Racing de Strasbourg, to which PSG arrives as one of the leaders for the 2-1 victory against Troyes, Messi will be presented along with the other four reinforcements of the club: Sergio Ramos, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Achraf Hakimi and Georginio Wijnaldum.
In front of 48 thousand people
who have sold out for several days, the Park of the Princes will look full and will explode at 2.30 p.m., an hour and a half before the start of the game, when the new players take to the pitch to be received with all honors .
For the first time in 17 months, in addition, the Parisian stadium will be completely full after the lifting of the closed doors and the capacity reduced with the new health protocol in France, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Leo accumulates just two training sessions after the month of vacation that followed the conquest of the Copa América with Argentina in Brazil.
Photo AP Photo / Francois Mori
The former captain of Barcelona, who is physically recovering, and Real Madrid - who is injured - will climb, together with Donnarumma, Hakimi and Wijnaldum, to a podium arranged in the center of the pitch.
The event will include fireworks and
Messi's long-awaited first speech to his new fans
.
Proud of its new acquisition, PSG will not hide Messi.
Stars, fans, illusion: all the ingredients are in place to make August 14 a great party,
two days after the 51st anniversary of the founding of the club
.
This PSG communication operation joins the one already carried out with La Pulga, an absolute protagonist on social networks and in PSG stores, with the sale of shirts with the number 30.
The former Barcelona player was officially presented on Wednesday, before the press and in a ceremony on the lawn of the Parque de los Príncipes closed to the media, while fans gathered en masse outside the stadium.
This time, a handful will have the opportunity to experience it from the inside until the moment of debut.
In that sense, Mauricio Pochettino, DT of PSG, indicated this Friday: "It is his second day of training and a month has passed since his last game, so we are going to go step by step. The priority is that he is well, that he it feels good, so that when it is in the best condition it can make its debut. "
According to several French media, Messi could play his first game at PSG just in a month.
It is that the two dates as a visitor that PSG has now are followed by the three games of the South American Qualifiers that Leo will face with Argentina.
Thus, the possibility is that his adventure in his new club begins on September 12 against Clermont in the Parc des Princes for the fifth round of the French league.
With information from EFE
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