In the early morning of April 17, Beijing time, in a key battle in the second leg of the Champions League 1/4 finals, the French giants Paris Saint-Germain scored 4 goals in a row away from home, reversed Barcelona 4-1, and eliminated the opponent with a total score of 6-4 to advance to the semifinals. This is also the Grand Paris, which has reached the last four of the Champions League again after two years.
The last time Paris reached the last four of the Champions League was in 2020/21, when they were knocked out of the tournament after losing to Manchester City in the semi-finals. In order to be more competitive in the Champions League, in the summer of 2021, Grand Paris warmly invited Argentine king Messi to join. With Neymar and Mbappe, they form an expected forward trident.
However, it is regrettable that in the two years that Messi has been in Paris, the team has stopped in the round of 16 of the Champions League twice. Among them, in the first leg of the 2021-22 1/8 finals at home against Real Madrid, Messi missed a penalty kick, which laid the groundwork for the reversal of the second leg. Although the regression of Paris's Champions League record is not directly related to Messi, it must be admitted that Messi did not turn the tide in the Champions League during his time in Paris.
In the summer window last year, Messi bid farewell to Paris and landed in the American Professional League, and Neymar also went to the Saudi league in a bad mood. Who would have thought that Mbappe's "single-core" led the team in Paris, but unexpectedly achieved good results in the Champions League. After breaking through from the "Group of Death", they eliminated Real Sociedad and Barcelona successively, and returned to the Champions League semi-finals after two years.
When Messi played, Grand Paris had a poor record in the Champions League, but after leaving the team, Grand Paris was able to achieve good results. This can only prove once again that the Argentine king and Grand Paris may really be "hit" inappropriate.