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Every press review should start today with ... the news from all TV news channels that are the ones that best take the pulse of today.
At least in France.
Today at 8:01, the first BFMTV theme was PSG's victory in Barcelona.
'France Info' which is radio and TV at the same time, had already burned the news since last night but still had his chronicle in the summary that he sent by
at 7:30.
For the evaluative, the bible of the sports press,
L'Equipe
, the publication that invented the European Cup.
In the French soccer lexicon there are no superlatives, perhaps due to a lack of feats to review.
Thus the Parisian sports newspaper pulls two Hispanic topics: "Olé Mbappé" to headline the chronicle and a "GALACTIQUES" opening the front page.
Of course, with some experience in choosing the cover photo, I must say that the cover photo of
L'Equipe
is the best.
Kylian Mbappé
in the foreground, tense from the muscles of his forehead, both feet in the air, his legs spread wide in a prodigious stride, the ball as if driven by the gaze.
Behind,
Gerard Piqué
.
Grabbing the shirt of the Gallic hero, the lost look, the stumbling body avoiding the fall.
Powerless.
The photo of
Franck Faugère
summarizes the change in the football hierarchy that may have occurred at the Camp Nou.
Because let's not forget that there is a return game to play and PSG has earned a well-deserved fame for its firecrackers.
"Transfer of powers"
At the moment, the French squad forged with Qatari money is "Like in a dream", headlines
Le Parisien
, the least intellectual newspaper in the French capital ... and more attentive to the informative interest of ordinary mortals.
The big find of the day is the play on words of the headline of the match report.
"
Le messie, c'est Mbappé
".
(The messiah is Mbappé) playing with the name of the "sixfold golden ball".
From Messi to the new messiah, the redeemer sent by God, Mbappé.
I summarize the brilliant start of
Stéphane Bianchi
: "Star Wars will not take place. In their first match in the Champions League, the
Jedi
Lionel Messi stole all prominence from his
Padawan
, Kilyan Mbappé. On his first visit to the Camp Nou, the PSG striker has given this round of 16 leg the atmosphere of transfer of powers by turning the mythical Catalan grass into his garden ... "
"The relay is here"
The other quality newspapers in Paris deal with the event in their digital editions.
All correct, nothing remarkable.
Le Figaro
and
Libération
close their print editions so soon that they can't wait for a football match.
Le Monde
, evening, has not yet reached the kiosks.
So to conclude, I return to
L'Équipe
.
"You want to say to Messi: 'Thank you for what you've done, it's fine, but the relay is here."
These are the words of Mickaël Madar, former PSG striker.
This is how the world of the ball looks from Paris on this morning of February 17, the day after a match that (perhaps) will mark the history of football.
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