In the early morning of December 13, Beijing time, the 18th round of this season's Ligue 1 ushered in a focus battle, Paris Saint-Germain played at home against Monaco. At the end of the half, Mbappe scored twice in 38 minutes, and Messi sent an assist, and the two set a record.
At present, in the standings, Paris has 13 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 42 points to rank first, Monaco has 7 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, and 26 points to rank 7th in the standings, the difference between the two teams is 16 points, and the situation of competing for the championship together with last season is far from the situation.
Paris is the 9th champion of Ligue 1 and Monaco is the 8th champion of Ligue 1, and the two teams have played each other many times in the past. In their last 12 meetings, Paris has won 6, drawn 2 and lost 4, and last season was 0-2 at home and 2-3 away, and was double-killed by Monaco, setting a 5-year record of humiliation.
In this game, Messi continued to start, in the front side of the partner Mbappe and Di Maria, Neymar continued to be absent, while Villati, Wijnaldum, Gaiye sat in midfield.
In the opening 9th minute, Di Maria was stomped on the ground in the penalty area and fell to the ground at one point, and the referee watched the video replay and awarded a penalty to Paris and gave a yellow card warning to Sidibe who had committed a foul.
In the 11th minute, Mbappe scored a penalty, the opposing goalkeeper judged the direction not to pounce, and Paris took a 1-0 lead, and the whole team embraced and celebrated.
The previous penalty shootouts were all Messi, and now it is replaced by Mbappe, indicating that the penalty right in the greater Paris team is not fixed.
The goal allowed Mbappe to score his 40th goal in club competition in 2021, becoming the first French player since Papan to score 40+ in two calendar years for two major league teams.
After the big Paris led by one goal, they did not immediately extend the score, and Messi was not in the form. It wasn't until the 44th minute of the first half that Monaco made a mistake in passing, Messi intercepted it and counter-attacked with the ball, knocking it to Mbappe on the edge of the penalty area, and Mbappe stopped the ball and burst into the net, helping Paris widen the score 2-0.
After completing the second goal, Mbappe tied his club career record for goals of the natural year, having previously scored 41 goals in 2019. In addition, Mbappe scored his 100th ligue 1 goal in his Ligue 1 career, becoming the third Ligue 1 hundred-goaler in Paris history.
It was Messi's first assist at home in Ligue 1 for Paris, and his fourth in ligue 1 this season, following an assist hat-trick against Saint-Etienne.
As soon as Mbappe broke the goal, he hugged Messi, and the two looked at each other and smiled, very happy.