On February 1, Beijing time, the French Cup began a 1/8 final contest, the top giants Paris Saint-Germain was forced to draw by Nice at home 0-0, and finally eliminated by Nice in the penalty shootout 5-6, Messi debuted again, Mbappe came off the bench and failed to change the game, Neymar continued to miss the game, Nice goalkeeper Burka became the winner, he made two wonderful saves in the penalty shootout, respectively, pareded paredes and Xavi Simmons penalties, respectively, Dramatically, Burka was loaned to Nice from Paris and will return to Greater Paris this summer.
In this campaign, Paris Saint-Germain manager Pochettino once again appeared on the side of the chicken ribs, he does not seem to have much control over the Paris system at this stage, and there are many problems at both ends of the attack and defense. Pochettino started with 11 players including Messi, Icardi, Draxler, Danilo Pereira, Villati, Herrera, Nuno Mendes, Kimpembe, Tilo Korel, Dagba and Donnarumma, with a squad worth 367 million euros.
In the game, Paris did not show the advantage, playing a five-to-five game with Nichols with a 50% possession rate, 11-7 with Nice's shot on goal, a 2-3 shooting contrast, and finally a 0-0 draw in regular time. Mbappe came off the bench in the 63rd minute of the game to complete the 200-game milestone since joining Greater Paris, replacing Icardi, Mbappe scored 151 goals and assisted 77 times in 200 games for Greater Paris, but unfortunately the milestone became "mileage sad".
Mbappe, like Messi, failed to form a threatening shot in this game, Greater Paris had no choice but to play 0-0 in the 90 minutes, according to the rules, Greater Paris and Nice directly entered the penalty tiebreaker, did not play extra time, the first six rounds of penalties, Greater Paris and Nice played 5-5, in the last round, Xavi Simmons took the penalty and was saved by Burka, Nice's Dante hit the penalty, and Paris lost to Nice 5-6.
From 0-0 to 5-6, Greater Paris has produced three humiliating records after the match, the first is the first time since the 2011 French Cup final 0-1 loss to Lille, the first time in the French Cup final, the opponent has been clean sheeted; second, in the last seven penalty shoot-outs, Greater Paris has been defeated by the opponent five times, which is the worst recent penalty performance of the giants; third, since October 2017, the first loss to Nice, ending the 8 consecutive unbeaten games against Nice (6 wins and 2 draws).
Messi debuted as the No. 10 player in Paris for the first time in this game, but still in a sluggish state, statistics, Messi collapsed in both the line, in Ligue 1 and the French Cup are all in no state, Ligue 12 games 1 goal, French Cup 1 game 0 goals directly out. Messi was criticized by the outside world for this, and the editor-in-chief of the Spanish media "Ass" Roncello directly criticized Messi, believing that Messi was an absolute failure in Paris. According to the current state, Messi urgently needs important matches to respond, and on February 7, the defending champion of PK Ligue 1, Messi will usher in the opportunity to correct the name of Ligue 1.