After the weekend break due to physical discomfort in the hamstring, all the spotlights were on
Lionel Messi
, who with little accompaniment had a discreet game in PSG's defeat against Bayern Munich, where he barely had a shot at goal, received a
very harsh infraction that caused the expulsion of the rival, the dream of Canadian Alphonso Davies came true and he approached the stands to greet the barrabrava
, after the fifth setback in 11 games in 2023.
Alphonso Davies is a footballer who became known to the world in 2020, when he dazzled everyone at Bayern Munich, champion of the Champions League.
Since then, two fundamental things have been known about him:
that he is a fan of Messi and that he was born in a refugee camp
.
His life story has been told in this and many media.
He was born in November 2000 in Buduburam, Ghana.
Her parents, Victoria and Debeah, were escaping from the second civil war in Liberia.
In that place she lived until she was 5 years old, when the family managed to emigrate to Canada.
There he met the ball the young Alphonso.
He dazzled so much in the Vancouver team that Bayer Munich signed him for 10 million euros.
He was 18 years old.
And he loved Lionel Andrés Messi
.
He began to play and stand out in Germany.
Every time he could, he confessed his love for Rosario.
Until he had to face him and he could meet him.
The event occurred on Friday, August 14, 2020 at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.
And that Champions League quarterfinal was historic: an 8-2 beating of Bayern Munich against the colossus Barcelona.
In the end, young Alphonso asked his idol for his shirt.
But Messi didn't even listen to him because of the anger he had.
"I asked him about the shirt and I noticed it a little sad. I hope to achieve it next time
," he released at that moment.
From that day Alphonso was left with a photo that he keeps framed in his room at home: Messi holds out his hand to lift him off the floor.
And this Tuesday the revenge came to the Canadian by adoption and the story had a happy ending.
Because Messi, who knows and understands everything, made his dream come true and gave him his shirt.
Pavard's kick to Messi.
(Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
And
Leo
was not treated well by the other side at night in Paris.
And it is that in the last play of the duel, the Frenchman
Benjamin Pavard
-the one with that great goal that eliminated Argentina in the 2018 World Cup in Russia- went down and hooked his left ankle.
The defender saw the second yellow and the red.
The man from Rosario stayed on the floor for a while, but he quickly got up to clear any alarm.
It was a strong foul
.
Perhaps something was hurting the Rosario, because the free kick was executed by Neymar.
But Messi's match did not end with the referee's whistle and the exchange of shirts with Davies, but rather
he had to go to greet the Ultras, the PSG bar
.
The image made an impact because it is one of the first times that the world champion did it.
It was Marquinhos who led the line and one by one the players jumped over the electronic billboards to go behind the goal.
Messi was observed distantly
, along with the Italian Verrati and the Brazilian Neymar.
They stayed for a few seconds and applauded the fans.
"Don't give up, we encourage"
, he lowered himself from the stands.
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