Tonight, before the PSG-Nice match, the Parc des Princes attended a rousing farewell tribute to Marco Verratti, the iconic Italian midfielder who He ended his 30 years in eleven seasons at the Parisian club after being transferred on Wednesday to Qatar’s Al Arabi for 45 million euros.
Verratti, signed in 2012 from Pescara for 12 million euros, received a standing ovation from PSG fans when he appeared for the last time on the Parc des Princes pitch with his wife and two children. Players and managers, wearing t-shirts printed with the legend ‘Thank you Marco’, made a path for him as he entered the pitch.
“The Parisian player with the most titles,” the stadium speaker introduced him before Verratti listened to messages from some of his former PSG teammates on video scoreboards, such as Blaise Matuidi, Javier Pastore, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Thiago Motta, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva.
After taking a lap of honor, Verratti He stopped especially in front of the Auteuil curve, where the ultras of the Collectif Ultras Paris sang to him “Italian and Parisian, the talent of a magician, Marco Verratti.”
The Pescara media posed for a photo with 30 titles achieved in his 416 games at PSG: nine Ligue 1, six Cups, six League Cups and nine French Super Cups.
Verrati could barely hold back his tears as he addressed the fans, who displayed banners reading ‘A decade of magic’, ’30 trophies with Paris’ or ‘A monument called Marco Verratti’.
“Thank you, I’ve had eleven good years,” said PSG’s ‘6’ before leaving the field and starting his new phase in Qatar.
Source: La Verdad
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