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Lionel Messi carries the World Cup trophy off the airplane as the Argentinian national football team arrives back in Argentina. The team won the final in Qatar 4-2 on penalties after a thrilling 3-3 draw over 120 minutes of unparallelled drama. IMAGES
Argentine fans celebrate Lionel Messi's penalty goal (1-0) as they watch the World Cup final against France at a former Maradona home in Buenos Aires. IMAGES
Reims, Aug 29 (EFE).- Kylian Mbappe led Paris Saint-Germain to victory on Sunday, scoring both the team's goals as it blanked Reims on Lionel Messi's much-anticipated debut match with the Paris club after he left Barcalona over a financial dispute.Messi started the match on the bench, only being sent onto the pitch in the 66th minute to replace Neymar at August Delaune stadium, where the 21,000-strong sell-out crowd had chanted his name while he was out warming up before the match. (Camera: ANTONIO TORRES). B-ROLL OF THE AUGUSTE DELAUNE STADIUM, IN REIMS, FRANCE, AHEAD OF THE SOCCER MATCH BETWEEN PSG AND REIMS.
"It's incredible to know that he's coming, that he's going to wear our shirt and play in our stadium", says one of the PSG diehards gathered at the gates of Le Bourget airport to the north of Paris in the hope of catching a glimpse of their newest 'galactico'. IMAGES N°9KV7MA
Argentina is famous for excellent beef, tantalizing tango, and producing some of the most famous football players in history. Lionel Messi, perhaps one of the best footballers of our generation, has attained such a high level of respect across the world that the administration of Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city, has decided to honor the striker by unveiling a statue which immortalizes the living legend in bronze.
After just narrowly leading the Portuguese national football team out of the group stages of the Euro 2016 tournament in a breathtaking match against Hungary, Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo led his teammates in a training session in Marcoussis, France ahead of their competition quarter final match against Poland. The Portuguese captain was seen laughing and joking while passing the ball with striker Ricardo Quaresma.