Lionel Messi scored the second goal for PSG in a 2-0 win over Manchester City for the second date of the group stage of the Champions League. The Parque de Los Príncipes delighted with the conquest of the Argentine who thus scored his first goal since he became the brand new reinforcement of Paris Saint-Germain.
The play was born from the feet of La Pulga, who commanded a great counterattack at pure speed from the middle of the field. Before reaching the area, Messi put the diagonal for his left foot and after a great wall with Mbappé, who returned it in the crescent, the Argentine defined the angle. Unavailable for Ederson.
In this way, at 28 minutes of the complement came the goal that gave peace of mind to PSG, which was winning from minute 8 by the goal of Idrissa Gana Gueye.
This great goal by Lionel Messi came at the best moment for the team and also at a time during the match in which La Pulga had not had much participation. In general terms, it was difficult for Paris Saint-Germain to bring danger to a Manchester City that monopolized the possession of the ball and was getting closer and closer to the goal well guarded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
However, La Pulga took all his magic out of the box and returned to convert a team of Pep Guardiola, his former coach in Barcelona’s golden age, for the seventh time in five games. A Messi who came from a couple of games absent due to injury and who once again showed his most supportive side to go down to the middle of the court to make contact with the ball or even, to not hesitate to throw himself on the floor in the barrier.
In his fourth game at PSG, the Argentine star was able to celebrate his first goal for the French team. Due to his commitment to the game, it is possible that he himself was the one who imposed the most pressure to be able to debut on the network, which ratified his good streak against several of the most important teams in the main club tournament of the Old World:
Arsenal: 9 goals.
Milan and Celtic: 8.
Manchester City and Bayer Leverkusen: 7.
Also, Leo has rented out to other English teams:
Manchester United: Four.
Chelsea: 3.
Liverpool and Tottenham: 2.
The added value of Leo’s realization is that it was in a key game. The clash against City was the first meeting with a European powerhouse, none other than one of the last finalists of the 2020/2021 Champions League and current Premier League champion. In addition, due to the level of his players and the coach, Pep Guardiola, someone who knows a lot about The flea. By the way, the Argentine is the player who scored the most goals for teams led by the Spanish:
Lionel messi: 7 points.
Neymar, Moussa Dembelé and Maxwel Cornet: Four.
One of the questions in these early days of PSG with its constellation of stars was to see how it would respond in a match against a team that is a candidate for the title. The Parisian cast did a good job, although it lacks to round off a full performance in the 90 minutes.
It should be remembered that only the first two of each group will qualify for the round of 16 and with the result of this Tuesday, PSG became one of the two leaders in the area. Bruges (Belgium) beat RB Leipzig (Germany) on the road (2-1). The two leaders add 4 units against 3 of the City and none of the German cast.
The present smiles at PSG since with its success in the continental tournament and its good perspective after its triumph, it is joined by the leadership in solitude in Ligue 1 where it won all the games (8), adds 24 points and took it out. 9 ahead of the second, Lens. His next match will be on Sunday (8:00 am in Argentina) against Rennes, as a visitor.
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