“It's film worthy,” said Bruno Genesio after Nabil Bentaleb (30) had a goal on his first game back after a wonderful recovery of a cardiac arrest last summer.
Bentaleb suffered the cardiac arrest during a five-a-side competition with friends in July and was told shortly thereafter that his professional career as a football player was almost certainly over. The Algeria International, however, has fought his way back in recent months. At the beginning of last week he got the green light to resume his gaming career and on Thursday he finally returned to training the first team.
After maintaining his fitness through a personal regime, he was supposed to be ready to be part of the team to be confronted against Stade Rennais on Sunday evening. Not only did he travel to Brittany, he was recorded on the couch and then came up and then scored, while he stabbed the opener of Home Lille, while she started beating Rennes 2-0.
“It is worth a film,” said Genesio in a press conference after the game, attended by Get Frans Voetbalnieuws. “I haven't even seen it! Once we saw him run towards us, we understood. It is still difficult to describe. We were on Cloud Nine. Whatever happens, it will be engraved forever in our season forever. It is such a beautiful story. “
“It's a special moment for me,” said an emotional Bentaleb, who spoke to Dazn. “I didn't know I would come, but on the corner I knew I was going to score. It had to happen like this; It's incredible. These are images that stay with me all my life. There are things that you don't forget, “the Lille midfielder added.
It was his first goal for the club since he joined SCO Angers in the summer of 2023 and it is a goal that will not be forgotten quickly, especially by Bentaleb.
GFFN | Luke Entwistle
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