Former Marseille, Swedish Magnusson size Ibra – Sports.fr

At the time of a more fiery than ever Classic between OM and PSG neck and neck at the top of Ligue 1, this is an unusual image returns the former Marseille winger Roger Magnusson, his compatriot Zlatan Ibrahimovic. For Sweden, it says that the recent skid Parisian star has harmed its status as a national icon.

It was a different time. Another football too. Long before Zlatan arrived in Paris and will never change the face of our championship of France. From 1968 to 1974, ten years before the birth of Ibrahimovic, Roger Magnusson cleared the way for his countryman and future star of GMP. Under the OM jersey. Reached by La Provence in Sweden, where he continues to follow the news of the club and the League 1, the former right winger remembers that he played the first OM-PSG the story. December 12, 1971, Marseille opened the rivalry fanfare in success (4-2) thanks to goals from Bosquier, Couécou and two Skoblar. In front of 18,000 spectators, reports the regional daily.

I may be the only supporter of OM in Sweden!

Roger Magnusson (former right winger OM)

Forty years later and Magnusson will be faithful Sunday to position in front of his TV. “ I may be the only supporter of OM in Sweden! , is he fun. Although I saw on the internet that OM fans in Sweden, there is a blog on it and then from Gunnar Andersson and myself, OM is well known in my country . ” Notoriety necessarily challenged today by the PSG since qu’Ibra has settled in the capital.

“ Sure, younger people are more PSG because Ibrahimovic is a real idol “, would it, but according to him, the giant Sweden would have dented its image in the country, where he had appeared yet supported, especially by his coach and even in the media. “ After the match against Bordeaux, for the first time, he was criticized. To say that France is ” a shitty country “, it was not accepted, it does is not good for our image. This story makes noise , still provides Magnusson. Anyway, since he scored two goals in a can match against Moldova … ”

It will be understood that even remotely, OM can count on the full support of his former winger: “ With public support, OM can win PSG will be. more motivated than usual, often, this team is not playing at his level in L1, while it can align two global teams The chance of OM, it will be the Parisian calendar, the proximity of the match against. Barca. It is in their heads. “Ten days later, PSG at the Parc host Barca in the quarter-final of the Champions League.