In a focus battle in the 32nd round of Ligue 1 that ended in the early morning of April 18, Beijing time, the leader Paris Saint-Germain defeated the second-placed Marseille team at home 2-1, extending the lead to 15 points. In this game, Argentine superstar Messi once again missed the goal. With bad luck, he was blown offside with two goals and one assist.
Messi scored a hat-trick for assists in the last round of Ligue 1, and in this game Messi continued to form a forward trident with Mbappe and Neymar. In the 23rd minute, Messi first tested the Spanish international goalkeeper Lopez with a free kick. At the end of the first half, Messi had a good chance.
In the 40th minute, Nuno Mendes crossed and Messi followed up with a push to break the goal. When Messi had jumped on Mendes to celebrate, the referee ruled that Mendes was offside and the goal was invalid.
In half-time, Messi had another chance, he received Verratti's exquisite pass and single-handedly broke the goal. But the referee once again signaled Messi to offside. The Argentine superstar could only shake his head helplessly and sigh, his luck was too bad.
In the second half, Messi's luck still did not improve, in the 76th minute, Neymar picked out a pass, Mbappe heel to do the ball, Messi got the ball and flashed at the top of the arc to send a straight plug, Mbappe shot to break the goal, but this wonderful matching goal was once again cancelled because Of mbappe was offside.
After missing a goal or assist again in this game, Messi's data in Ligue 1 is still stopped at 3 goals and 13 assists, and after scoring a hat-trick in this round, Ronaldo, who is also a "double pride", has scored 15 goals for Manchester United in the Premier League this season. From the number of goals scored, Messi's stats are obviously much darker than Ronaldo's.
However, Messi has contributed 13 assists in Ligue 1, while Cristiano Ronaldo has 3 assists in the Premier League. From the perspective of league participation in scoring goals, although C Ronaldo quietly completed the statistical counter-overtaking, the gap between the two 16 times and 18 times is not large.