Having moved to the other side of the touchline at the end of his playing career, a strategist who worked for Monaco, Montreal, the Belgian selection and the Espoirs of the French team – up to leading the Blues at the 2024 Paris Olympics – Thierry Henry has also become a media man since he hung up his crampons.
Consultant for the American channel CBS Sports on Champions League evenings, the former Arsenal Gunners scorer remains an informed and informed spectator of European football. With natural ease in this role observed in France in the past on Amazon channels. And an enthusiasm that cannot be denied in the face of the beautiful game.
This week, faced with the spectacle of the biggest continental competition, the person concerned marveled at the performance of Bodo/Glimt, the surprise guest of the round of 16 of the C1, executioner in the play-off of Inter, unfortunate finalist of the previous edition for the benefit of PSG.
“That’s a team!” »
“ We talk about money, names… but nothing beats a team. If you don’t have that, I don’t care about your money. They attack and defend together, no matter where they are on the pitch. We should all remember that it’s a team game, that’s the essence of footballcomments admiringly on the 1998 world champion.
It’s a lesson for everyone, for the children: that’s a team! »
“ This is a team that wants to fight for each other, we have seen it all over Europe. They played like that against Dortmund, against Atlético, tonight… They showed exactly what a team should be. It’s very refreshing in the sense that this is what football should be, no matter who you have in the squad, in the end, it’s what you have in your heart. They deserve to be there », Adds Thierry Henry about this Norwegian team which already appeared in the last four of the Europa League last season. A Bodo/Glimt team which must now do battle with Sporting or Manchester City, a prestigious opponent that the Scandinavians dominated last month (3-1).
