Paul Pogba went to Makkah before starting World Cup 2018
A video of French midfielder Paul Pogba has gone extremely viral on the social media although he has posted that video of himself earlier at the holiest site of Islam in Saudi Arabia before starting the World Cup 2018.
‘Only the person that comes here can understand the feeling,’ the 25-year-old Manchester United star said in an Instagram video from the holy city of Makkah.
‘This a beautiful place — beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. And the feeling... I cannot even explain to you.’
The Frenchman posted the video of himself standing in front of the Kaaba, a black cube towards which Muslims turn for their five daily prayers.
Pogba, was a key member of France’s World Cup team in Moscow, made a similar pilgrimage last year during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
He told the BBC earlier that he and his France team-mates must approach the World Cup finals with the right mind set, as that counts more than technical ability.
And the team have won the World Cup 2018 beating Croatia.
The French — World Cup winners in 1998 and 2018 as well as finalists in 2006 — were in Group C with Denmark, Australia and Peru and kicked off their campaign in the Russian city of Kazan against the Australians on June 16.