Last Sunday, the football world was waiting for the debut of Argentine star Lionel Messi in the Paris Saint-Germain shirt.
Messi participated as a substitute in the second half of the match, which Saint-Germain won 2-0, thanks to the double of the young French star Kylian Mbappe, in the fourth round of the French League.
The Argentine star, who joined Saint-Germain from Barcelona for two years earlier this month, replaced Brazilian striker Neymar in the 66th minute, to start his first professional experience outside Barcelona, in which he spent nearly two decades.
His short participation saw 20 correct passes out of 21 passing attempts, and the player was fouled 3 times.
In addition to running out of tickets for the match, which turned into a sports festival in Reims, it set records:
The match was watched by more than 10 and a half million people, to be the most watched on television in the history of the French League.
The most watched match in the French League in the history of Spain, as the number of viewers reached more than 6 million and 734 thousand viewers.
It is noteworthy that Barcelona defender Gerard Pique bought - through his company Cosmos Holding - the rights to broadcast the French League in Spain last week.