In the middle of next week, the first leg of this season's Champions League round-16 knockout rounds kicked off, with Paris Saint-Germain, as the favourite to win the title, taking the lead in a Ligue 1 match, sitting at home against Rennes. Greater Paris needs to establish more leads in Ligue 1 in advance to ensure that the league will not affect the preparation for the Champions League knockout stages, and Messi, who is gradually getting better, is the basis for Greater Paris to compete for the double.
According to statistics, Greater Paris has only won 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in the past 4 games against Rennes, and for the first time, there are 3 wins over Rennes in 4 consecutive games, and at the same time, on October 3 last year, 2-0 away to Rennes, Greater Paris is eager to complete revenge.
In the first half, Paris could not attack for a long time, and in the second half it continued to attack the Rennes back line. In the 64th minute, Messi sent a direct plug, Mbappe used his speed to burst into the box, and finally a low shot from a small angle broke the goal, just as Mbappe was running wild to celebrate, the referee signaled that Mbappe was offside, so the goal was invalid, and the score was still 0-0.
After the goal was ruled invalid, it did not affect the cooperation between Messi and Mbappe. In the 93rd minute, Paris quickly counterattacked, it was Messi who took the ball again, and then sent out a diagonal plug, Mbappe pushed the goal with his feet on the spot, helping Greater Paris to complete the 1-0 kill, 15 consecutive league games unbeaten, is currently the longest unbeaten match in the five major leagues.
In this game, Paris greater occupies an absolute advantage, with a possession rate of up to 64%, completed 14 shots on goal, and became the winning side of the game, and the current lead has expanded to 16 points, sitting firmly in the first place.
Mbappe, who scored a killer goal, scored his 12th goal in Ligue 1 this season, two goals away from the top scorer list, and is very close. In addition, Mbappe scored 119 goals in the top five leagues, becoming the player with the most goals scored in the top five leagues before turning 24.
Messi, who provided an assist for Mbappe, was also the hero of the paris victory in this game. It was Messi's seventh assist in Ligue 1 this season, two times away from the top of the assists list. In addition, Messi has scored 3 goals, 3 goals and 7 assists in the last 10 games, making 10 goals, and the performance is getting better and better, fighting back against those who are skeptical.
Compared with Messi's performance is getting better and better, C Ronaldo's state into the New Year continues to be sluggish, has been in a goal drought for 5 consecutive games, and has been questioned by the British media that it is not okay now, and Manchester United should be vigilant.