Casey.. the story of the clay court star who defeated Real Madrid in El Clasico
The Ivory Coast star, Franck Kessé, did not expect to become the talk of the international media, after he contributed to Barcelona’s decision to face the “El Clasico” against the historic opponent, Real Madrid, with two goals to one, on Saturday, within the twenty-sixth week of the Spanish Football League.
Casey came on as a substitute before the end of the “El Clasico”, and scored the victory goal for Barcelona, to secure coach Xavi’s squad 3 valuable points, with which it widened the difference at the top of the Spanish Football League standings table, with 68 points, while Real Madrid froze at 56 points.
Casey hurried to celebrate in his usual way, by performing the military salute to his late father, who died at the age of 11, and his family took care of the orphan child, who grew up on the clay courts in Ivory Coast.
In the beginning, Frank Casey was not a fan of the current football. On the contrary, he was famous in his childhood among the people of his neighborhood for his attachment to football competitions on clay courts, until he caught the attention of one of the scouts of the Stella Club Ivory Coast, and convinced his family of the need to take tests in order to join the team. .
Indeed, Casey spent 4 years with the Stella Club Ivory Coast, and was one of the leading defenders in the team, until he was noticed by a scout for the Italian club Atlanta, who was looking for a midfielder rather than a central defender.
In the winter transfer market in 2015, he signed his first professional contract with Atlanta, and then moved between Italian teams, until he reached Milan, with whom he fought 103 confrontations, scoring 23 goals in all tournaments.
Kessie refused to renew his contract with Milan, and preferred the difficult option to leave to Barcelona, which is full of stars in the same position in 2022, but Al-Avori did not know the meaning of surrender, and fought a lot until he gained the confidence of Xavi, to then obtain the great reward, after defeating Real Madrid at the “Camp Nou” stadium. , and the Catalan team dedicates 3 valuable points in front of the historical opponent.