Mbappé and his moving memory of Emiliano Sala four years after the death of the Argentine footballer

kylian mbappe He is considered a “villain” by a large part of the people of Argentine football. He suffered it in 2018, when he canceled the team led by Sampaoli from Russia and was about to break the dream of Messi and company at the end of the Qatar World Cupconverting a hat-trick and his penalty in the shootout that ended up giving the Cup to the Albiceleste.

But Mbappé is a star not only on the pitch, but also off it. And with the Argentine footballer he has a strong emotional bond, which transcends respect and admiration for Messi, now his teammate in paris saint germain.

The scorer was one of the heavyweights of the football world who most felt death Diego MaradonaFor example: he had Diego as a profile picture on his social networks for many months from November 25, 2020, the date of Diez’s farewell.

And now he has expressed himself again on the occasion of another tribute, in this case to the memory of Emiliano Salathe Argentine footballer who died following an air tragedy, four years after what Justice ended up defining as a crime for all the irregularities that surrounded the escape of the young striker born in Las Colonias, Santa Fe.

Emiliano Sala, a man from Nantes, was considered one of the greats of the French championship and found himself facing Mbappé, leaving a photographic document in which they are seen greeting each other on the eve of a match, from top scorer to scorer.

This Saturday 21st, to remember Emiliano, Kylian chose an image of Sala with his arms raised to the sky. “4 years old,” wrote the Frenchman, along with the emoji of a dove and little hands in prayer mode.

It is worth mentioning that Sala was 28 at the time of his death and was on his way to Scotland on a private flight after being transferred from Nantes to Cardiff City for €17 million, the most expensive pass in the history of the club he played in the Premier League.

PSG’s move to Arabia ‘united the team’

The coach of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Christopher GaltierToday he is satisfied with the trip the team made to Saudi Arabia, where they beat the Riyadh XI, a combination of Arab players, because “it served to unite the team”.

In the press conference that Galtier celebrates on Saturday, the DT said: “The fact of having been together for three days has allowed us to have exchanges and find a unity in the group”.

PSG, with LLionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymarplayed last Thursday in Ryyadh against a team of Saudi league footballers, led by Marcelo Gallardo and which included the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and the Argentinean Gonzalo “Pity” Martínez.

“The goal was to play a serious match in Saudi Arabia. The players were very concentrated and we needed a lot of training to recover our automatisms. We can no longer take refuge in the World Cup break. It was better than a friendly, there is It was a real opportunity, which allowed us to do an excellent work session,” underlined Galtier, quoted by the AFP news agency.

PSG will play again next Monday for the round of 16 of the French Cup against modest Sixth Division regional side Pays de Cassel at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, in Lens, as the Pays stadium has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.