The Argentine star Lionel Messi is not exempt from criticism in the French press, which has been searching for the least reasons for his exposure since joining Paris Saint-Germain.
The reason this time is that his private plane made 52 flights in three months, totaling 368 flying hours between June – August – August this year, which means that it released the equivalent of 150 years of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere (!!).
L’Equipe stated that these flights produced 1,502 tons of carbon dioxide, the amount that the average French person emits in 150 years.
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Messi talks about the fun of playing alongside Neymar and “different” Mbappe
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
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The Argentine star, Lionel Messi, confirmed that he had hoped to play alongside the Brazilian Neymar for a longer period in Barcelona, but he loves their presence together in the ranks of Paris Saint-Germain, the French league champion.
A friendship relationship between Neymar and Messi was established during four years, during which they were together at the Camp Nou.
Messi and Neymar contributed to Barcelona winning the Spanish League twice, the King’s Cup three times, and the Champions League once, before Neymar moved to Saint Germain in a record deal worth 222 million euros.
Barcelona’s financial difficulties caused Messi to move to the Parc des Princes, Saint Germain’s stronghold, to join his former colleague.
Messi and Neymar did not give their best last season, but they started the current season in great shape under coach Christophe Galtier.
Neymar scored 19 goals in all competitions, to be the top scorer in the five major European leagues, while Messi scored 14 goals to be third on the list.
“With Neymar, we have known each other for a long time, by heart, since our time in Barcelona,” Messi told the Mexican channel “Toden”.
He added: “I would have liked to enjoy him for a longer time in Barcelona, but I met him once more in Paris and we are happy to be together, I love playing with him.”
And Messi moved to talk regarding their partner in the attacking line, Kylian Mbappe, and said: “Killian is a different player.”
He added: “He is a very strong beast, he moves from space to space, he is fast and scores a lot of goals, a very complete player, and he proves himself over the years…. In the coming years he will definitely be among the best.”
21 free players at the end of the year, most notably Messi and Ronaldo, and 6 from Real Madrid
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
From January 1st – January 2023, a number of important players will be free to negotiate to stay in their clubs or move to a new club, foremost among them 21 players who are distinguished on the football field.
Among them, six players are currently active in Real Madrid, they are the French international striker Karim Benzema, the Croatian international midfielder Luka Modric, his fellow German international Toni Kroos, the Spanish international defender Nacho Fernandez, and his fellow international midfielders Marco Asensio and Dani Ceballos.
Manchester United will have to look into the contracts of three of its players, Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo, Spanish international goalkeeper David de Gea and English international winger Marcus Rashford.
As for Juventus, which is suffering the worst start in years, it has two tasks in front of it: French international midfielder Adrien Rabiot and Argentine international winger Angel Di Maria, as well as its neighbor Inter Milan facing the task of keeping its Slovak international defense center Milan Skriniar.
In Chelsea, the London club is seeking to keep the French international N’Golo Kante and the Brazilian international center Jorginho, who wants to leave, and Barcelona, who also wants to keep his Spanish back, Hector Bellerin.
Valencia will not easily be able to keep his distinguished Spanish international full-back Jose Gaya, while Spanish center Hugo Guillamon becomes free as well.
On the same day, Brazilian Robert Firmino, Liverpool midfielder, Uruguayan Mauro Aranbari, Getafe midfielder, Spain’s Inigo Martinez, Atlético Bilbao’s defender, and Japanese international Daishi Kamada, Eintracht Frankfurt’s midfielder, are free to negotiate.
And attention, of course, turns to the Argentine Lionel Messi, the Paris Saint-Germain striker, who the French club wants to renew his contract, while Barcelona wants to restore him to end his career in his historical club.. The choice will certainly be his alone.
Journalists boycott press conference of Joaquin Caparros, demanding his resignation | NEWS.am Sport
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The journalists boycotted the press conference of the head coach of the Armenian national team, Joaquín Caparros, demanding his resignation following the defeat with a score of 0:5.
The Spanish specialist commented on the defeat from the Ukrainian team in the penultimate round of the League of Nations.
“We were not able to give a decent answer. I think the score was too heavy for us. The Ukrainians acted as efficiently as possible. This is the mark of a good team. We played once morest a very strong team,” said Caparros.
The Armenian national team suffered the fourth defeat in a row.
League of Nations, 5th round
League B, first group
Armenia – Ukraine – 0:5 (video)
Alexander Tymchik, 22, Alexander Zubkov, 57, Artem Dovbik, 69, 85, Danil Ignatenko, 81
Armenia: David Yurchenko, Artak Dashyan, Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Hrayr Mkoyan (Taron Voskanyan, 75), Andre Calisir, Zhirayr Margaryan (Jordi Monroe, 75), Vagan Bichakhchyan (Hovhannes Harutyunyan, 46), Artak Grigoryan, Khoren Bayramyan, Tigran Barseghyan ( Zhirayr Shagoyan, 63), Lucas Selarayan (Arthur Serobyan, 82).
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