In the early morning of December 23, Beijing time, the 19th round of this season's Ligue 1 was fully launched, with Paris Saint-Germain playing away to Lorient. In the first half, Messi hit the upright and popped up, for the sixth time of the season, the most players in Ligue 1, and then shortly after Lorient took the lead, leaving Greater Paris in a desperate situation, messi alone led the team to a sluggish half-time performance.
At present, in the standings, Paris Islea is firmly in first place with 45 points, leading Marseille by 13 points in one round of multiple matches, and locking up the half-time championship in advance, while Lorient has only accumulated 15 points, ranking second from the bottom of the table, and the team has suffered 11 consecutive rounds of no wins.
In the 1/32 final of the French Cup in the middle of this week, Paris easily eliminated the opponent 3-0 and successfully advanced to the next round, Kylian Mbappe completed the second degree, due to the accumulation of yellow cards automatic suspension, missed this game against Lorient, coupled with Neymar's continued absence due to injury, so the offensive burden fell on Messi.
In terms of starting, Paris sent a 433 formation, Messi, Icardi and Di Maria led the forward trident, and Gaie, Wijnaldum and Herrera sat in the midfield.
In the 26th minute, Messi forced a shot inside the penalty area, the ball hit the right column of the goal and popped up, Messi did not have time to complete the make-up shot, the defender immediately released the ball out of the bottom line.
This is Messi's sixth time in Ligue 1 this season to hit the crossbar or upright, the player with the most shots in the box in Ligue 1 this season, and the luck is too bad.
After Messi hit the upright and popped up, the Greater Paris defense gradually developed problems. In the 39th minute, Lorient gave a quick counter-attack, Loriant crossed the box, and Moncondut followed up with a world wave to help Lorient take a 1-0 lead.
After the goal, Moncondut was very excited, and the home team fans fell into a carnival, and it was not expected that they could lead the greater Paris after that. At half-time, the score was 1-0, With Lorient leading, Paris greater than 80% possession, but shots were 6-11 and shots were 0-4 on target.
Judging from the number of shots on goal and on target, if Lorient had not seized the opportunity enough, the Greater Paris backline could have been blown up many times, and it was very lucky to concede only one goal in the first half.