In the Champions League group stage in the early morning of Beijing time, Paris Saint-Germain was reversed by Manchester City 1-2 away from home. In the last 4 Champions League away games, Paris has a record of 2 draws and 2 defeats. It was also the first time since the 2004-05 season that Paris had completed the single season of the Champions League group stage without a win.
However, losing has no impact on the overall situation, after all, Bruges lost in another game, so Manchester City and Paris have locked up the group qualification. In this game, Messi performed average, with no performance other than assisting Mbappe's crotch Ederson goal. Former Manchester United legend keane said on social media that Ronaldo is the deserved king of the Champions League, and other players have a big gap with him; even Messi, after leaving Barca, has performed a lot worse than Ronaldo, and he has not shown his superstar style in Paris Saint-Germain.
According to Opta, Levan, Cristiano Ronaldo and Alai are the players who have scored in the first five Champions League group games of the season. Even if Manchester United's performance under the leadership of Solskjaer is poor, C Ronaldo's performance is still powerful, he uses catapults, pad shots, volleys, crotches, air strikes, dead corners, zero corners, 100 steps through Yang and other ways to send the ball into the opponent's goal. Without Ronaldo, United would certainly not have qualified for the group first, but would have been on the verge of being eliminated. It is worth mentioning that Ronaldo has scored 140 goals in the Champions League, and the number of goals scored by others is not a small gap with him, I am afraid that for a long time in the future, Ronaldo's record can only be broken by himself. A 36-year-old veteran who still has a world-class finishing ability, which is the level of the king of the ball.
And Messi is undoubtedly the most skilled player in the world, not one of them; in the past year, his personal performance and team honors are the best, so Messi will become the biggest favorite of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA Footballer of the Year. This summer, due to the ruthlessness of Barca's management forcing Argentina out, Messi can only go to Paris Saint-Germain to play, in the new club, new coach, new tactical system, he naturally needs a period of time to adapt. Due to the presence of Neymar and Mbappe, Messi plays more of the role of organizer and passer, so he is certainly not able to compare with the data when he was at Barca.
Messi is not a player who will only live in the Barca system, there is no doubt about it. However, he needs to show his energy in Paris, just like Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been successful at Manchester United, Real Madrid, Juventus and other clubs, otherwise the historical status of the Argentine champion will be greatly reduced.