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How Wissam Ben Yedder Swapped the Futsal Hall for the Champions League

Wissam Ben Yedder's brilliant first goal against Manchester United in the Champions League on March 13 won him instant global renown, but Tony Esteves had seen it before.

Ben Yedder, whose brace against United shot Sevilla into the quarter-finals, has played at Old Trafford, Anfield, the Camp Nou and the Santiago Bernabeu following an unconventional footballing education on the futsal pitches of the northern Paris suburbs. Esteves was the general manager of his first futsal team, Garges Djibson.

"The first goal against Manchester United was typical of futsal," Esteves told Bleacher Report. "One touch to control, then a touch in the direction of the goal and a shot.