Mehrez, the son of "the suburbs", deprives Paris of the "champions" final

Algerian Riyad Mahrez was the champion of his Manchester City team qualifying to the first final in the Champions League in football, by scoring the goal back and two goals to win back Paris Saint-Germain, France, leaving a painful imprint in his hometown.

Mahrez was born in the suburbs of Paris in 1991, and in a Hollywood scenario, he transformed to become one of the best international players.

In the "Parc des Princes" stadium, kilometers from Sarcelles, where the light was seen, the African champion launched a free kick with his country, which rebounded from defense, giving City the winning goal in the first leg (2-1) in the prestigious continental competition.

But what was waiting for him yesterday, made him the star of the semi-final, when he scored two goals against the Parisians (2-0), who paved the way to the first final in City’s history and prevented Paris from reaching the second final in a row.

After the match, Mahrez told "BT Sport": "Once again, we did not start well, the first half was not good, but we scored this goal and after that we were on our own."

"In the second half, we played a lot better, we got many chances, and we were able to score more. They started losing their temper and kicking us. It's good that they got a red card" for the Argentine winger Angel Di Maria.

"Young man dancing in the field"

fortified with his lead back in the backyard of Saint-Germain 2-1, City coach Pep Guardiola risked leaving spaces close to his area for the French team, in order to take advantage of his terrible power in counter-attacks. Mahrez was a lethal offensive weapon in this striking tactic from his coach. "He is a young man who dances on the court," said Guardiola, last March.

This is what he showed on the right gallery, exhausting the Paris defense with a remarkable late-season physique. Mahrez was long neglected in the international football arena. He started with Quimper in the French fourth division and then Le Havre in the second division. He crossed the English Channel, where he made his real start with Leicester. Leicester was not well-known on the world stage when he joined him in 2014, but he helped put him on the map with a surprising victory in the league title in 2016 under the management of Italian coach Claudio Ranieri, despite the big clubs in the Premier League and won the award for best player in the league.

Good taste

After coming to City, not many expected it to be basic. But under Guardiola's patient management, he rose to prominence with diligent work without complaint and always eager to develop. In the second leg, he twice found himself in the right place. The first after a rebound shot by the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne following his right from a narrow angle, and the second in the second half of a counterattack, translating a cross, by young Phil Foden. Despite a difficult career in the suburbs of Paris and not enrolled in a training center, Mahrez became at the top of the round-the-ball game. He believed in himself due to his strong personality, his madness and his obsession with football, according to his friends.

Has unshakable confidence, even in the face of tough times.

And for those who wanted to listen to him, young Mahrez used to repeat, "I will arrive, I do not know how, but I want to play in the World Cup in Brazil," to the response from his supervisors, "But you cannot even play with (the) Sarcel team," as his friend Mohamed Coulibaly tells .

Mahrez embodies the dream of every young man from the suburbs, and is only a few steps away from winning the most beautiful European Cups after an extraordinary career.

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