The historic French player got closer to the Chilean during the victory of Olympique de Marseille against Auxerre, for Ligue 1.
Alexis Sánchez continues to gain followers in France. His great level displayed on his debut in Marseille, photo in which he already scored three goals in five games played earned him added applause and recognition from fans and his own teammates.
During Marseille’s victory against Auxerre (2-0), in Ligue 1, Alexis scored again. However, one of the images that caught our attention is the one where the historical Thierry Henry, who commentated for television, effusively asked the shooter for his shirt.
The former French footballer never played for Marseille, however, being two former Arsenal players, he was always there a relationship of mutual respect Between the two. The France 98 world champion has referred to Tocopillano several times, always with positive words. Even when the Chilean left the Gunners to arrive at Manchester United.
It didn’t take long for the situation to go viral. And faced with such a situation, the historic Frenchman came out to explain the reasons which had motivated his request to the Chilean striker. “I asked Alexis for the jersey because my brother wanted it and it’s his birthday. So I had to ask him.” said the former striker.
Recall that the performance of the Chilean also earned him praise from the local press. “He came on in the 59th minute. In the 67th he followed Tavares’ shot perfectly, but Costil made a nice save at the near post. Score the second goal for his team on a cross from the back of Guendouzi, a school action, ”they wrote in the middle The Phocaean who rated it 7 out of 10.
At the bottom, they detail that for their scale, a 7 is equivalent to a performance: “Very good. The player brought everything he could to his team and you can’t ask for much more”.
From the official channels of the French club, they also made reference to Alexis Sánchez’s game. After the match was over, Olympique de Marseille’s Twitter account posted “We won wn”, alluding to the Chilean. In the same way, a few moments before, at the time of the goal, they posted: “He has a little trouble adapting, huh.”
Source: Latercera
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