In the early morning of April 24, 2022 Beijing time, Paris Saint-Germain sat at home to meet Lens, in this game related to the determination of the league championship, Paris Saint-Germain with Messi's world wave, locked the league championship in the early 4 rounds, helping the team to lift the 10th league championship in the history of the team. It is worth mentioning that this is messi's first championship trophy won in Ligue 1, and it is also the 39th title won in his career, becoming the second most-won player in the history of world football.
Prior to this match, there were only five rounds left in this season's Ligue 1, but Paris Saint-Germain was as many as 15 points ahead of second-place Marseille, so as long as they won more than 1 point in the next round, they could win the title early. In this match with Lance, Mbappe and Neymar, who had previously shined, were not in good shape and failed to help the team create more opportunities until the 68th minute of the game, Messi, who has rarely scored in the league this season, received a pass from Neymar and scored a world wave outside the box, and finally the team used this goal to draw 1-1 at home to Lens, harvesting a point and winning the league championship.
In this crucial duel, Messi did not stealth, did not play the post and did not offside, in this game where his teammates were not in good shape, Messi once again played his own big scene Mr. Big Heart essence, in a way that he was not the best at, to help the team win the championship in advance and avoid home upset.
Although not the best at it, from the statistics point of view, in the past 5 seasons, Messi has scored as many as 36 goals outside the box, more than twice as many as the second place, and has fully developed his personal skills for long-range shooting outside the box.
In addition to helping the team win the title with goals, this is also messi's first title since joining the team, and the 39th title won by the player in his personal career, the previous 38 titles were won during the Argentine national team and Barcelona. With this title, Messi became the player with the most titles in football after Alves (43 titles).
From the above aspects, Messi is undoubtedly the hero of Paris Saint-Germain's road to the championship, but from the perspective of the whole season, it is not the biggest contributor, and even gradually exposed more personal problems.
During the season, Messi has played a total of 22 games for the team in the league due to various reasons such as injuries and new crown, including 20 starts, played 1792 minutes, scored 4 goals and provided 13 assists. In terms of scoring opportunities within the team, it is second only to Mbappe, who scored 22 goals and delivered 14 goals, and Neymar, who scored 11 goals and gave 5 assists.
But let's not forget that this player is no ordinary midfield core or a backcourt beast, he said Leo Messi, the world's most Ballon d'Or winner and probably the best footballer of the century. Whether it is Paris Saint-Germain or Paris fans, everyone knows that the purpose of bringing him in is not to assist Mbappe and Neymar, but to hope that he can play his earth-shattering ability in Barcelona to help the team go further at the Champions League level and become the team's final championship puzzle.
But the reality is that Messi, who came to the new team, has adapted for a long time, and has also suffered many injuries and infections with the new crown virus, and messi has not been as good as before in terms of athletic ability and performance on the pitch in the past, which is a problem for all to see this season. Although Messi's position retreat does affect the team's goals and assists data to a large extent, the decline in Messi's running ability still seriously restricts the further improvement of the team, after all, a player who only runs 7.5 kilometers per game will be a big problem in any team.
But fans who have watched the Argentine game should find that Messi in the national team and the club are completely two different versions of the player, so Messi's plight at the club may be partly due to the decline in the physical function of the players, on the other hand, it may be the problem of the manager and the squad. Therefore, how to play Messi's greatest ability is not only a problem that Messi should consider, but a problem of how to build a team as a head coach and even position on the field.