On February 20, Beijing time, the 25th round of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain lost to Nantes 1-3 away. Messi missed a one-handed mistake, did not score, and although he gave Neymar an assist, he was unable to save the game.
In the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Real Madrid in midweek, Messi played the whole game, but did not score or assist, but instead lost a penalty, fortunately Kylian Mbappe scored three points in stoppage time and scored three points for Paris.
Back in the league against Nantes, Messi will not be unfamiliar, because in the first leg of the match on November 21 last year, he broke through the opponent's goal and scored the debut goal of his Ligue 1 career!
In this rematch, Messi partnered with Mbappe and Neymar on the front. In the 4th minute, Mu'ani stabbed a shot at the goal on counter-attack, 1-0! Greater Paris is behind.
In the 8th minute, Neymar was straight, Mbappe passed the ball, messi pushed a left foot in the penalty area, and was saved by the opposing goalkeeper Lavon, missing the equaliser. And in the 16th minute, Meran's left-footed shot broke the goal, 0-2!
It has to be said that Lavon's state is very good, and mbappe and Neymar's single knife are also saved by him. In the 26th minute, Messi leaned in and Guyer's down-to-earth tackle was also defused by him.
In first-half stoppage time, Wijnaldum sent a handball and Plath scored on a penalty to make it 0-3! At this time, the broadcast camera immediately focused on Messi: behind the big score, can he lead the team to fight back?
In the 47th minute of the second half, Messi responded: a crotch assist, Neymar passed inside the penalty area and pushed the goal, 1-3! Paris finally pulled a goal back.
In the 58th minute, Kylian Mbappe made a penalty, this time Messi did not take the penalty, but Neymar's penalty shot was weak and weak, directly to the goalkeeper, repeating the mistakes of the mei ball king!
In the end, Paris was upset and lost 3-1 to Nantes. In the whole game, Messi shot 3 shots and 1 right, sent 3 key passes, 4 times all successful, got the team's highest 8 points, almost scored his own goal, but still failed to save the loss.
In the last 12 games in all competitions, Leo has contributed 3 goals and 8 assists for Paris, participated in the production of 11 goals, averaging nearly 1 goal per game, quite efficient; this season Ligue 1 has appeared 15 times, sent 8 assists, and the number of goals involved has been double-doubled, but unfortunately only 2 goals have been scored.