Ferran Torres, PSG's return to Villarreal in his home region

According to L'Équipe and Le Parisien, the Champions League match between Villarreal and PSG brings Ferran Torres back to the region where he started.

Ferran Torres, joueur de football

Photo: Bryan Berlin — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (new window)

Paris Saint-Germain's trip to Villarreal in the Champions League has a special flavour for Ferran Torres. According to L'Équipe, this match brings him back to the region where it all began for him. The daily newspaper describes a player who "never stopped running."

Le Parisien, for its part, went to Foios, tracing the footsteps of the forward, described as "attached to his land" and now a national hero. Both French media outlets look back at the player's roots on the occasion of this meeting.

Sources

  1. L’ÉquipeVillarreal, le match du PSG en Ligue des champions qui ramène Ferran Torres dans la région où tout a commencé : « Il n'arrêtait jamais de courir » (new window)lequipe.fr
  2. Le ParisienVillarreal-PSG : à Foios, sur les traces de Ferran Torres, le gamin du village « attaché à sa terre » devenu héros national (new window)leparisien.fr