In the early morning of Thursday Beijing time, the focus of the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain away to real Madrid. Leaving Barca, Messi returns to the Bernabeu for the first time, can he continue the magic here?
As we all know, Barca and Real Madrid are the sworn enemies of the La Liga century war, and Messi has scored real Madrid's goals 26 times during his time with Barca, and is the historical top scorer of the national derby. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left Barcelona and came to Paris, he met his old rival.
Sitting in the Parc des Princes in the first leg, Messi scored neither goals nor assists, but fortunately Neymar assisted Mbappe to win. In the second leg, it was a visit to the Bernabeu, and the last time the mei ball king came here was on April 10, 2021, when Barca lost 1-2 and Leo did not achieve anything.
At the Bernabeu, Messi left behind many classics, such as the hat-trick in March 2014, and the second time in April 2017, and the most classic scene of that game was that after the king of the game scored the 92nd minute, he took off his shirt to show off the no. 10 shirt!
However, messi is now 34 years old after all, although he has many assists, but after entering 2022, only 1 goal has been scored, and 5 games have been lost in all competitions! Faced nice in the last round, there was also nothing he could do, failing to prevent Paris from swallowing the bitter fruit of the defeat.
So, can Messi conquer the Bernabeu again with goals? We'll see!