In the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain lost 0-1 at home to their old rival Bayern. The prospect of Paris' Champions League knockout is not optimistic.

But in this 90-minute battle, they were by no means without gains, such as midfielder Zaire Emery wearing No. 33.

At the age of 16 years and 343 days, the future star of Paris has become the youngest player in history to start a Champions League knockout match (after restructuring).

　　In the past year, when European football mentioned Emery's name, it no longer only refers to the famous Spanish coach, but has one more choice, that is, the teenager Zaire who played for Paris.

His father was also a player. Zaire, who was born in 2006, grew up in Paris Saint-Germain's youth training system. field, but coach Galti still chose to give the young man a chance.

In the league, he has made 11 appearances (2 starts) and scored 2 goals. At the age of 16 years and 330 days, he became the youngest player in the history of the Paris team to score a goal in Ligue 1.

In the Champions League, he also made an appearance in the group stage.

This time, he made his first appearance in the knockout stage, further rewriting the historical record.

　　Statistics show that at the age of 16 years and 343 days, Zaire Emery became the youngest starter in the knockout round of the Champions League in history.

It is worth mentioning that on the day Emery was born, his teammate Ramos was playing in the Champions League on behalf of Real Madrid. At that time, the opponent of "Water Master" was Arsenal. That was Ramos' first season representing Real Madrid.

Interestingly, the two teams were also in the Champions League 1/8 finals at the time.

　　Football is such a strange thing sometimes, when two people who are 20 years apart start a game at the same time, the feeling is indescribable.

It is not a loss for Zaire to call Ramos "uncle". After all, when he was born, Ramos had already played the main force in Real Madrid in high spirits.

Now that 16 years have passed, Zaire has grown into a potential star, and what he has to do is to take over the banner of "Ramos" and dedicate more exciting games.

　　Text/Reporter Zhang Kunlong

　　Beijing Youth Daily