In a ligue 1 focus battle that just ended, Paris Saint-Germain ushered in a match with Reims at home, and Messi did not start, but played as a substitute in the second half. After 90 minutes of matching, Paris not only kept a clean sheet, but also scored four goals very efficiently, once again completing a big win! It is worth mentioning that in the 43rd minute of the first half, Verratti scored in the penalty area, which was not only his first goal in Ligue 1 for the team in three years, but also the second time he had scored in Ligue 1 in nearly five years. For Verratti, this goal can be said to be very important, there is a feeling of an iron tree blossoming!
Of course, this is not the end of it, in the 66th minute of the second half of the game, Messi took the ball on the left side of the penalty area to organize the attack, chose to pass the ball to the middle after the bottom, and accurately found Verratti, who very cleverly inserted into the box, and then completed a powerful shot, the ball hit the opponent's defensive circle in the air. Because of the refraction, the trajectory of the ball was difficult to predict by the goalkeeper, and after two refractions, it bounced into the net. Since the goal was played on the defender, the Ligue 1 official did not count the goal on Verratti at the first time after the game, but regarded it as a oolong ball, but Messi also missed an assist.
Just a day later, the French Professional Football League once again confirmed the goal, this time canceling the decision of the oolong ball and counting the goal on Verratti. In this regard, Verratti scored twice in this game. Interestingly, this is also the first time in Verratti's career that he has played a good role in the competition. In the previous 126 Ligue 1 matches, Verratti has only scored 2 goals, which is really a bit surprising. And both goals came in the 16/17 season, one from the then 4-0 Paris victory over Rennes in the 12th round of Ligue 1 and the other from the 5-0 sweep of Bastia in the 36th round of Paris.
Instead, Messi's assists have returned, and so far, Messi has scored 1 goal and provided 5 assists in 12 appearances in Ligue 1 this season. To be honest, this statistic is really quite low for Messi, after all, it only scored one goal in 12 games. But I would say that Messi may have just had a little bit of bad luck, after all, in these 12 games, he has hit the goalpost six times, even more than some teams have hit the total number of posts! And fans who often watch the game also know that Greater Paris did not build a team around Messi, that is, Messi did not get too many firing rights. And Messi himself doesn't particularly care about the data, and he often retreats to the midfield to pick up the ball. For Messi, being able to help the team better is the most important thing!