There are warblys warmer than others. Those between Lazio and AS Rome are, each year, posters not to be missed. Arrived in Italy two years ago, coming from OM, Mattéo Guendouzi did not take long to acclimatize to the boiling atmosphere of these shocks. So he had already been able to measure himself, physically and verbally, to the players of the Louve. One in particular.
The Biancocelesto midfielder (26) actually made a “friend” in the person of Paulo Dybala. Against the backdrop of Franco-Argentina rivalry, going back to the final of the 2022 World Cup lost by the Blues, the two men took the beak in April 2024, the ex-Marseillais grabbing his opponent by the face after a provocation that he had not appreciated.
Mattéo Guendouzi and Paulo Dybala separated by the referee during the Roman derby, in April 2004.
More than a year later, the Argentinian world champion returned to this hanging in the podcast of his compatriot Sergio Agüero. And he dropped to the tricolor international.
“He really made me angry, so I went to get him on the groundtestifies Paulo Dybala. We really said everything. »» Beyond the words, it was with a gesture that he won this clash.
Dybala Charge Guendouzi
“I remembered that we had just given me the Tibia protector with the photo of the World Cup, and I showed it. He didn't say anything, I just showed him and he remained silent during the rest of the match ”says the offensive midfielder of the Giallorossi who, since then, can no longer see Mattéo Guendouzi in painting. He does not hide it at all.
“This Frenchman has a well hung language and he especially annoys young people, he always teases themhe said. He kept saying to them: 'I buy you a plane ticket, I bring you home'. He always did that to young people. For example, (Matias) Soulé played Frosinone the previous year and he told us that he always said to him: 'I buy you one, you go back to Argentina'. »» It size!