At 04:00 Beijing time on February 16, the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Paris Saint-Germain faced Real Madrid at home. Under heavy pressure, Messi conceded a penalty and failed to help Paris open the scoring.
It is understood that a total of 47,000 fans went to the Parc des Princes to watch the Champions League focus battle. Although Paris dominated Real Madrid in the first half, only touching the ball twice in the box, the front led by Messi and Mbappe still failed to break through the gate guarded by Courtois.
In the 61st minute, Mbappe was shoveled to the ground by Carvajal in the penalty area and the referee awarded a penalty in the first place. Messi's penalty was saved by Courtois and the score remained at 0-0.
According to statistics, this is messi conceded 5 penalties in the Champions League, he became the player who conceded the most penalties in the Champions League in the past 18 years, and tied with Henry as the player who conceded the most penalties in the history of the Champions League.
It has been 1,381 days since Messi scored against Real Madrid last time in a 2-2 home draw with Real Madrid in May 2018. Messi has scored 0 goals against Real Madrid in 7 consecutive games, and now the goal against Real Madrid has exceeded 600 minutes.
Interestingly, less than a minute after Messi conceded a penalty, Cristiano Ronaldo finally broke the ball drought in the Premier League's Premier League play against Brighton.