Leo Messi, crestfallen before Bayern-PSG

HARD MOMENT FOR LEO IN PARIS

Does the umpteenth 'KO' in PSG's Champions bring Messi closer to Barça?

Published:8/03/2023 - 23:49h

Updated:9/03/2023 - 13:13h

Paris Saint-Germain said goodbye, again, in the round of 16 of the Champions League, losing without mitigation in Munich against Bayern (2-0). The umpteenth European failure of PSG leaves the future of a Leo Messi up in the air with many doubts

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In two years dressing the T-shirt of Paris Saint-Germain, Leo Messi has not been able to surpass the eighth of final of the UEFA Champions League and keeps his future in the 'air' in front of the possibility to renew or leave, with the FC Barcelona very attentive to his case. The Wednesday, the rosarino completed a grey performance in the Allianz Sand that contributed to the defeat of the PSG in front of the Bayern Munich (2-0). The ones of Christophe Galtier could not break the zero in 180 minutes in front of the Bavarians and fell again without alleviations of a title that obsesses and resists him to the multimillionaire project sportive promoted by the emirate qatarí.

Further of the toneless party of a Messi cabizbajo from the beginning of the party, the image of the rosarino was the one of all the conjoint Frenchman. After a good first part, the Parisians were clearly surpassed in the complement by a Bayern that gave the luxury to have to Joao Cancel, Leroy Sané and Sadio Mané in the bench and, still like this, surpass without greater difficulty to a PSG without football neither forcefulness.

Leo had it in the beginning, but disappeared in the second part

Paris had a good beginning of party and the rosarino brushed the 0-1 in the minute 24 after a played in which Yann Sommer and Matthijs of Ligt saved happening difficulties. The central Dutch went back to save on the line before the rest, but in the complement the ones of Galtier dispelled , conditioned also by the bad fortune after the injuries of Marquinhos and his replacement, Nordi Mukiele.

Both lesionaron in the first part, forcing the entry of the young The Chadaille Bitshiabu (17 years) for the second part. After the 1-0 of the Bayern, Messi and Kylian Mbappé tried to load with the offensive weight of the team to look for the epic, but grieve a pair of head butts of Sergio Bouquets carried danger to the Bavarian arch. And little more. The Bayern cleared it in the 89' by means of Serge Gnabry, leaving to Leo and his again distinguished mates.

A lot of millions and little logic in Paris

Nasser To the-Khelaïfi fichó to Lionel to 'cost zero' and accessed to pay him an astronomical wage of 42 million euros to the year by two seasons, with the option to renew by a more. The money qatarí allowed, besides, renew to Mbappé by a mount record and fichar to players like Fabián Ruiz, Carlos Soler and Vitinha the past summer, but the team again lacked depth and operation, something that happens unobserved in Tie it 1, but no in the Champions.

Further to have a staff clearly desbalanceada, To the-Khelaïfi prioritises to keep to his stars and, in this sense, the continuity of Messi is key. The club already has on the table his proposal to renew him, at least, by a year more, with better wage and the promise to reinforce, by enésima time, the staff in the next market, but Leo knows that, hardly, the sportive project Parisian will arrive to good port with the administration qatarí.

The crossing of Messi and the option of the Barça

In this way, Leo Messi has to decide in summer which option is the best for his future. To the equal that in 2022, the last two months of the season will be a torture for the forward, lidiando with the 'ultras' of the PSG and his criticisms, which exempt only to Mbappé by his condition of French star. Prpers having won the World-wide, the rosarino perfectly can decide leave to a club where have less pressure, but his competitive mentality hardly will do him abandon Europe.

Thus, the Barça no descarta of the all his return, further of the complex that results the operation from the financial. The club does not have how pay a wage like the one of Leo and, although it arrived free, the need to go down mass salarial would prevent his registration in LaLiga. Still like this, everything will depend of the 'crack' and his family, which also would be tired of the Parisian pressure. Messi never went of the all of Catalonia. Nevertheless, from here to see him with the T-shirt culé again there is a long stretch that would shorten , logically, if the player of 35 years decides to go out of the PSG, something much more feasible after the fall in front of the Bayern.

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