It seems that waiting for the fans of Paris Saint-Germain in particular and football in general to see Argentine star Lionel Messi in the Paris Saint-Germain shirt has come to a happy end.
According to the French newspaper L'Equipe, the Argentine coach, Mauricio Pochettino, is considering giving Messi a few minutes of play in the team's next match against its host, Reims, next Sunday, before Messi joins the national team camp next month, which He is preparing for several confrontations in the South American qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The newspaper adds that this historic moment arouses incredible enthusiasm in the "Reims" stadium, as last weekend 6 thousand tickets were sold in 4 days, and the stadium, which can accommodate more than 20 thousand people, will be overcrowded.
Requests for tickets came from various countries of the world, including: Chile, South Korea, Thailand, Egypt and India, and this is the first time this has happened.
Ticket prices for the match ranged between 35 and 100 euros on the black market, and some of them said that he had already paid 400 euros to find a ticket. It was like "looking for a needle in a haystack," according to the French newspaper.
And the newspaper revealed that "to deal with the event, Reims club held a meeting on Monday with the governor to discuss securing the stadium and its security surroundings, and the area around the stadium will be completely closed from Sunday morning."
"We've never seen anything like this, we've reached a historic record of the number of journalists who want to cover the match. In 2013, when Beckham played his first game for Saint-Germain, there were 113 journalists, including photographers," says the Secretary-General of the Union of Sports Journalists in France, Alexandre Odabram. Today, there are 122 requests already, and there are days left until the match."
He added that "78 foreign media outlets will cover the meeting, including international and international newspapers and media."
The specialized newspaper quoted Jeremy Bozos, Director of Communications at Reims Club, as saying, "My phone has not calmed down since the rumors began about Messi's first match. the team".
With Argentine striker Mauro Icardi injured in the shoulder, he will miss a few weeks, and Pochettino wants to involve the terrifying trio, Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, together in one match to create more harmony between them.