A “warm” hug in the reunion between Messi and Mbappé at PSG

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe shared a ‘warm hug’ in their reunion in Paris Saint-Germain training after the World Cup Final in Qatar 2022 in which Argentina beat France to become world champions.

The capital newspaper the Parisians He described the one between the Argentine and the Frenchman, who returned from vacation in the United States, as a “warm embrace” in the Camp des Loges dressing room, the training venue of the French champion team on the outskirts of Paris.

This time PSG did not broadcast any images of the greeting between the two stars on social media, so everything remained in the private locker room, reported the local RMC channel, and limited themselves to showing brief images of the practice.

Messi and Mbappé hadn’t seen each other since the World Cup final in Qatar on December 18, since the man from Rosario was spending the holidays and parties in his hometown with his family.

For his part, Mbappé was still on holiday when Messi resumed training with the capital club on 4 January. On that occasion the players and coaching staff organized a guard of honor for the new world champion.

The reunion was expected as questions were raised about how the Frenchman would react after the mocking celebrations that Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez made in Messi’s presence.

“Celebrations aren’t my problem. I don’t spend energy on such trivial things, the important thing for me is to give my best for my club, and we’ll wait for Leo’s return to continue scoring and winning games.” Mbappé said before the holidays.

With information from Telam