Kidnapping the spotlight from Ronaldo .. Awar shines, bringing him closer to the representation of France and keeps him away from his Algerian roots

Tawfiq bin Mohammed - Al Jazeera Net

On the day the exciting match between Croatia and England took place in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Hossam Awar was born in Lyon to an Algerian immigrant mother, and 13 days later the French national team won the World Cup title, led by its star Zinedine Zidane, set an example for the infant who became the star of the Lyon team.

And before his 22nd year, he achieved a great leap in his technical and physical levels, which enabled him to steal the spotlight from all the stars to the Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, and he received the highest ratings during Wednesday's match in which Leon contributed to the Italian champion Juventus with a clean goal in the first leg of the final price of the Champions League Europe.

During the ninety minutes of the match, he remained under the eyes of the old lady officials who want to include him this summer, as Pavel Nedved, the Italian team vice president, said before the confrontation, "He is a very interesting player, and we will see that tonight" and with him under inspection he did not feel any pressure.

Days before the match, Olympique Lyon president John Michel Olas told the Italian newspaper, "Toto Sport", "I did not talk to Agnelli (Juventus president), but I understand that there are talks. I would like to see Awar in the Juventus shirt, and I hope that this is the player's ambition as well."

Register for the first appearance
Awar first appeared in the first team jersey in Lyon in the European League when he participated in a 27-minute substitute against the Dutch Alkmaar team, and although he was not yet 19 years old, he managed to score the sixth goal of his team, which won seven goals for one.

The success of the alternative, Awar against Alkmaar, pushed his coach Bruno Geneso to involve him as a fixture in the French League to prove his foot in the team that represented him in more than 95 local games, and he wore the 25th shirt, but after his brilliance he became wearing the 8th favorite shirt of Lyon fans, where he was playing Brazilian Juninho.

Spanish coach Pep Guardiola described in November 2018 the level of awar as "incredible", as the super skilled did not fail in any bilateral football conflict with Manchester City players, and he succeeded in all his dribbles and 90% of his passes, and this compliment was not fleeting. , As British reports indicate that the "Citizens" is one of the teams that it wants to include in addition to Paris Saint-Germain and other clubs, which may nominate him to be one of the most wanted people this summer.

Its brilliance keeps it away from the green
Despite his Algerian origins, Awar preferred to represent the French national teams, when he joined the Duke Junior U-16 team in December 2014, and he played for the Olympic team 16 games.

The truth is, the more Awar shine, the more he shied away from the Algerian team despite the attempts of the Greens coach Jamal Belmadi with him. Where reports indicate that if he continues to shine, he may join the world champion list before the Finland match at the end of next month.