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PROJECTOR – Savior of Psg: Choupo-Moting: from mocked player to providential man

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is the man who qualified Psg for his first Champions League semi-final since 1995, scoring the winning goal on Wednesday night against Atalanta Bergamo (2-1).

From zero to hero. Do not be scarred by words. The Cameroonian striker, mocked, criticized, mocked by fans and the media since his (free) arrival from Stoke City, returned opinion in the space of an evening or rather 14 minutes.
Coming into play in the 79th, instead of a transparent Mauro Icardi, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting took out the “supersub” costume to save his club. Incredible to most supporters, but true.

Eligible for the Champions League after the departure of Cavani
And yet, the native of Hamburg (Germany) could never have been present in Lisbon for this “Final 8”, he who was not even on the list of Psg players eligible to play in the Champions League last January. But with the departure of Edinson Cavani, a place had become free and the captain of the Indomitable Lions took advantage of it.
And against Atalanta Bergamo, who led 1-0, “Choupo” was first decisive on the Parisian equalizer since he found Neymar, who served Marquinhos victoriously (90th), before offering the qualification for the first last square of the Qatari era three minutes later on a cross from Kylian Mbappé. What to be propelled hero of the 50 years of Psg (will he be on the poster of 100 years?) And in any case man of the match by… Neymar. The Brazilian, elected player of the game, has indeed symbolically offered his trophy to his teammate.

“Give everything in the next game and keep believing in it”
“We have a good time together on and off the pitch. We have already won four titles this season but the most important is this one. We really believe in us and we did it today, said the Cameroonian, who scored his 9th goal with Paris. Everyone knows that we have high quality individualities but we also wanted to show it as a team. We have never won the Champions League and with such a team, we must have this kind of ambition. It’s such a great club, we will give our all in the next game and continue to believe in it. “
Aged 31, Choupo-Moting, who remained the man who stopped a ready-made goal from Christopher Nkunku on the line in April 2019, can now finally savor.

“Man of the match”: Diomansy’s tribute to Choupo-Moting
Since Wednesday night, Choupo-Moting has been celebrated. And much for his irreproachable state of mind despite the mockery of the media and fans. Diomansy Kamara, former Senegalese international, pays tribute to him. “Beyond the qualification, the lesson to be learned is that you should never give up. Put lower than Earth, mocked maliciously on social networks in the past, you continued your way, ”we read in a post from Kamara on Facebook.
“Where we expected the Brazilians, Argentines, Italians, French, it is the ‘little African’ who sends Paris to the semi-finals of the Champions League! Isn’t life beautiful? ”Adds the former Fulham.

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