from the beginning of his stay in Paris, he has not been able to find himself. He was supposed to be PSG’s biggest star, and in 16 games he has scored only six goals and five assists. He fails primarily in the French league. In eleven matches he scored only once (plus five assists) and has three goals less than the Polish representative – Przemysław Frankowski.
Messi’s shameful record
Such statistics from Messi meant that the great Argentine had the least productive first half of the season in the history of his appearances in the league. He scored just one goal and spent 865 minutes on the pitch.
It is also impossible not to notice that the coach is constantly looking for the optimal position for Messi. So that the Argentine would give the team as much as possible. In the last league game against Lorient, the Argentine often played on the right side. However, his cooperation with his colleagues did not look good. Messi is also unlucky, because with Lorient, after a great shot from 18 meters, he hit the post. In addition, after a beautiful individual action in the second half, the former Barcelona star should have had an assist, but Angel Di Maria missed it fatally.
French media criticize the player. – Messi was a catalyst for PSG and had some assists. Later, however, he contributed to the fact that the team was a bit rusty – writes “L’Equipe”.
– Messi was known to Ligue 1 fans before his transfer to PSG. A goal and five assists are not enough for the seven-time winner of the Golden Ball. Messi is looking for his personality on the pitch and PSG is looking for a Leo from his times “, adds” Le Monde “.
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The Argentine has faced criticism over the past few weeks. Leonardo, PSG’s sports director, disagrees with those who criticize the seven-time Golden Ball winner.
– Lionel Messi is indisputable to me. If you start to criticize him, you don’t understand anything about football yet. We cannot doubt Messi. If you look at the Argentinean numbers, his first six months were amazing. He and Kylian Mbappe have been involved in almost every club goal. We are more competitive with Messi, because he can decide the fate of any game – said Leonardo.
The PSG star is not doing very well recently, not only on the pitch. It is true that on Monday he won the seventh Golden Ball, but then he found out that his private investment turned out to be unsuccessful.
Source: Sport
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