On Wednesday and Thursday, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals is about to start in full swing, with one of the matches being played between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, with the Greater Paris home game starting at 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 16. This is the heaviest matchup in the round of 16, Messi has the opportunity to score four consecutive Champions League home goals and hit a great record in 66 years, CCTV did not arrange live broadcasting.
In the history of the Champions League, Real Madrid has won the championship 13 times, and once achieved three consecutive championships, is a super giant club, and Paris is only a local team, only reaching the final for the first time in 2020, and has never won any Champions League title.
In the group stage of the Champions League this season, Paris was in the same group as Manchester City, and finally scored 11 points, trailing by one point to rank second in the group, and Real Madrid and Inter were in the same group, and finally accumulated 15 points, and the first in the group qualified. Originally, the 1/8 final draw was initially Greater Paris against Manchester United, Real Madrid against Benfica, and the result was that UEFA signaled that the draw was wrong, and after the re-draw, the two major champions of Paris and Real Madrid met in advance.
This is the fourth meeting between the two teams in the Champions League, the previous three times a total of 6 games, Greater Paris won 1, drew 2 and lost 3, the only victory was the 3-0 home win over Real Madrid in the 2019-2020 season, the previous two home scores were 0-0 and 1-2, and all three away games were not won against Real Madrid.
Now that the first leg of the quarter-finals is about to start, Paris is the first to play at home, which is also related to the second place in the group stage, and the schedule is home and then away.
Recently, after the French Cup out of Paris in advance, there are only two competitions left in Ligue 1 and the Champions League this season, and the Ligue 1 lead remains at 13 points, and the championship is stable, which allows the team to take a good note of the Champions League knockout rounds.
For Messi, this is his first time against Real Madrid since he left Barca. The Argentine superstar has represented Barca in 45 matches against Real Madrid, with 19 wins, 11 draws and 15 defeats, and his personal data is that he has scored 26 goals and provided 14 assists, ranking first in the history of the Spanish national derby. In addition, Messi's last seven games against Real Madrid, including five La Liga and 2 Copa del Rey, have all been fruitless, and the last time they scored against Real Madrid was on May 6, 2018.
Next to score against Real Madrid, Messi can break the long-term goal drought, but also can create a great record in the Champions League for 66 years, that is, become the first player in history to score 30 goals in the Round of 16 of the Champions League, and messi has scored 29 goals, ranking first in history, while also having 6 assists.