The young LOSC attacker, Matías Fernández-Pardo, although notable in his recent tenures against Lens and Toulouse, remains relatively unknown to the general public. This reality was illustrated in a fun way when it appeared on the radio program RTL, “Les Grosses Têtes”, a humorous and cultural program animated by Laurent Ruquier since 2014 and broadcast since 1977. The show, based on a panel of guests chosen for their sense of humour and their ability to improvise, incorporates an interactive game where listeners must identify the personalities present.

The lack of recognition of Fernández-Pardo by one of the participants, comedian Jean-Philippe Janssens, highlighted the lack of familiarity of the public with the footballer. The humorist was forced to resort to hijacked clues to allow the listener to guess his name, thus illustrating the challenge for the young attacker to impose himself permanently in the collective imagination. The incident revealed a certain distance between the player’s sporting achievements and his reputation beyond the football community.

It therefore appears that Matías Fernández-Pardo must step up its efforts to make its name spontaneously associated with its performance on the ground. The episode “La Grosses Têtes” highlights, humorously, the path that it still has to take to establish itself as a familiar figure of the sports and media landscape, and that its goals mark minds beyond the football sphere.