In a focus battle in the 1/8 Champions League knockout match that ended in the early morning of February 16, Beijing time, Paris Saint-Germain beat Real Madrid 1-0 at home thanks to Mbappe's stoppage time kill. In this game, Argentine superstar Messi did not score on penalties.
The scene came in the 62nd minute of the match, when Messi sent a direct pass, Mbappe's cross from the left side of the penalty area was shoveled down by Carvajal and Paris received a penalty. As the first penalty shooter in Paris, Mbappe chose to let Messi take the penalty. Unfortunately, Messi's penalty angle was not sharp enough and was saved by Courtois sideways. Counting this missed point, Messi has conceded five penalties in the Champions League, and tied Henry to become the player with the most penalties in the history of the Champions League, surpassing Aguero and Van Nistelro, who have lost 4 penalties, which is indeed not a glorious record.
In addition to not scoring this goal, Messi made 8 shots on goal, 2 on target, 3 deflected and 3 shots blocked. 6 passes and 4 successes, 76 passes and 62 successful passes have a success rate of 82%, contributing 4 key passes while also conceding 23 balls.
If mbappe had not completed the kill in stoppage time, Messi would have become the focus of heated media discussion after the game because of this missed point. The French media GFFN gave Messi the lowest 3 points in the team, and it is clear that the French media does not recognize Messi's performance in this campaign.
After not scoring in this game, Messi has failed to score in his last 8 games against Real Madrid. The 34-year-old Argentine superstar, whether the next game at the Bernabeu can break the long ball drought against Real Madrid, we wait and see.