“Messi!!!! Diego put all his energy into shouting the Argentine’s name. On tiptoe, the 26-year-old young man, who came from Peru especially to see his idol, tries to see the sevenfold Golden Ball which has just passed under his nose, in his van with tinted windows, to enter in the parking lot of the training center.
On this Tuesday afternoon, the day of resumption of training for the Parisians after the match against Bordeaux (3-0), on Sunday, marked by the discontent of the ultras, calm reigns at the Camp des Loges. As often since the elimination in the Champions League by Real Madrid, there are more stewards than supporters.
Diego Calderon doesn’t care. He just hopes that Messi stops in front of him for a photo. To give himself more chances, he wrote a note to the attention of the Argentinian on a white sheet: “I crossed the continent to see you”.
A 300 euro ticket for PSG-Bordeaux
In Peru, Diego, “like Maradona” he specifies, is an engineer. He has dreamed of seeing Messi play for several years. He had never been able to make the trip to Barcelona. “He’s my idol,” he said while proudly showing a photo of Messi with the Copa America in the phone wallpaper. I have been since his first goal in Barcelona with Ronaldinho. »
On Sunday, Diego was at the Parc des Princes, in the front row. He bought his ticket on the Internet “very expensive, almost 300 euros”. Initially, he was to leave for Brussels after the match. But he decided to stay to try to see the Parisian number 30. He came for nothing on Monday and therefore decided to come back on this Tuesday.
This is an opportunity for him to talk about the whistles against Neymar and Messi. “I wanted to shout at him to continue, not to listen to these imbeciles, he says. It was strange. And above all, it is not fair. Messi is one of the best players in the world. Nobody can do something like that to him. Neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Ronaldinho nor Ronaldo… Because they gave so much to football. We should be grateful to them and enjoy their last years. It’s not good, it’s not cool. I’m sorry to your French readers for saying that, but it’s the truth. »
Diego, who also adores Mbappé and Neymar, but therefore places Messi “above the others”, was to take the bus to Brussels in the evening. His trip to Europe, until April 4, will take him to Naples “to see the Diego Armando Maradona stadium”.
In the meantime, when Messi left the training center, his van did not stop at Diego who ran in vain behind the vehicle waving his little note and his PSG shirt flocked in the name of his idol. .