Broke up after 2 short marriages, and neither Messi nor Paris lost
Paris Saint-Germain does not like the early spoiler of Messi's departure after the season, but the official announcement of this news is only a matter of time, and Paris officially announced the news before the final round of Ligue 1 began. Until Messi left, Paris' "three-stop" penalty was not submitted to Ligue 1, which means that the two sides have quickly reconciled, so that they can disperse.
Paris Saint-Germain fans are unhappy with Messi because they want to see Messi bring a breakthrough in the Champions League for the team, but it is not something that Messi alone can decide. If you need to play the Champions League with children like Zaire Emery and Bichiab, the problem is not even with the head coach Galtier, but in the Qatari's own business line.
In fact, apart from the Champions League results, and the various collective funny behaviors of Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 to take care of the suspense of the league, the two-year cooperation between Messi and Paris is still a win-win.
For the Qataris, they poached the number one superstar in football to their club, and until Messi left, his shirt sales accounted for more than half of Paris Saint-Germain, which is unmatched by Mbappe and Neymar combined. At the same time, Messi received his seventh Ballon d'Or as a Parisian player in his first season in Paris, which is also a major honour for the French club.
Messi has undoubtedly raised PSG's attention, which will decline after Messi's departure. Mbappe can also continue to refresh his various statistics and try to win the Champions League as a single core, but without Messi, the decline in Paris Saint-Germain's influence will be doomed, and the shirt sales figures will not lie.
In addition, the Qataris have achieved an important achievement: the leaders of the two teams in the Qatar 2022 World Cup final, Messi on one side and Mbappe on the other, are Paris Saint-Germain players, and in the stands sit a number of French government dignitaries who contributed to the Qatar World Cup. It was a World Cup that was created by the close relationship between France and the Arab world, and the addition of Messi greatly enhanced the relationship at the sporting level, not to mention that Argentina vs France was one of the most exciting World Cup finals in history.
Messi has won 2 Ligue 1 titles, and when it comes to achievements, this is certainly only one of the least important honours in his honor room. One important reason is that even without Messi, Paris Saint-Germain can definitely win the Ligue 1 title, or rather, whether or not to win the Ligue 1 title depends entirely on Paris Saint-Germain itself. Messi's performances in Ligue 1 were divided into two periods, the first season he was severely affected by injuries and did not play much, and the second season was affected by the World Cup halfway. However, many wonderful combinations between Messi and Mbappe will also be unique in the history of Paris, and will be understood after they are lost. The super cooperation between the two men has not been evaluated positively enough, because Paris "deliberately does not win" in many of these matches, or plays various scripts to improve the opponent, keeping suspense for Ligue 1, so that fans who support Paris are bored and even angry.
Messi's biggest takeaway is the best preparation for the World Cup. In the past, Messi was in Barcelona, every time he played in the World Cup at the end of a heavy season, as the soul of the team, his consumption is very serious, it is not easy to psychologically break away from Barca's rhythm and enter the reality of Argentina, although Messi did not do badly. On several occasions, Messi even carried infamy, because some people thought that Barca's early exit from the Champions League was because Messi wanted to stay strong for the World Cup.
But in Paris, Messi is not under pressure to play and not play, and he can also win the Ligue 1 title without playing. And the Qatar World Cup is held in the middle of the season, and you can see that even at the age of 35, this is the best World Cup preparation for Messi, and his performance in Qatar is like his performance in the same period in the past at Barca.
A little review shows that Messi and Neymar collectively asked Galtier to start this season's training camp early. They worked hard in summer training and Mene's combination was very eye-catching at the start of the season in Paris, and Mbappe once felt that it was difficult to integrate. At the same time, Paris quickly began to play hard after a series of impressive performances at the beginning of the season, playing no more than 30 minutes per game in Ligue 1, which also gave Messi the best protection ahead of the World Cup. This may be the only time Messi has played in five World Cup appearances with full blood.
It can be said that although Paris Saint-Germain will be criticized and booed for his performance, the pressure is much less than in Barcelona. For Messi, getting the World Cup is what he wants, the Qataris want to use Messi to improve the influence of the team, Messi has gained more preparation time and fault tolerance in Paris, and the deal is worth it.
In addition, there was Galtier who developed tactics around Messi, and some of Paris' tactical play at the beginning of the season also had some inspiration for Argentina during the World Cup. Messi is not only good in a Barca-style possession system, at least at the beginning of the season Galtier proved with him.
As for the post-World Cup decline, Messi and Mbappe are both in the same decline, and Mbappe also did not play a key role in the Champions League match against Bayern. The Qataris also seem to have realised this early and did not put more pressure on the team. Messi was able to play most of the rest of the season and has provided a lot of fantastic cooperation with Kylian Mbappe, which is enough.