Messi's drama against Madrid: 9 games 'to zero'

Lionel Messi was one of the main letters of Paris Saint-Germain to conquer Santiago Bernabéu in the turn of the eighth of final of the Champions League, but the Argentinian was unable to mark in front of the Real Madrid by ninth consecutive party. His last goal in front of the 'merengues' date of 6 May 2018, still with the T-shirt of the FC Barcelona in the tie 2-2 by LaLiga. Since, the Argentinian could not go back to vulnerar the white goal.

This day, Leo annotated the 2-1 transitory. The Madrid would equalise the actions in the minute 72 by means of Gareth Bleat. Casually, that was the last 'Classical' of Cristiano Ronaldo with the T-shirt 'merengue'. The Portuguese also marked this day in the minute 14, equalising the so much initial blaugrana of Luis Suárez to the 10 minutes of game. From this day began the drought of the ex leading culé in front of his acérrimo rival. A total of 9 parties (786 minutes, according to the journalist of the chain 'ESPN' Alexis Martín Tamayo) without marking in front of one of the rivals that more annotated him in his career.

And it is that Messi converted him 26 goals to the Real Madrid in his go through the Barça, but with the PSG did not attain the aim in spite of even have had a penal in the gone in Park of the Princes. In the last 9 parties against the White House neither added assistances, what does more remarkable his drought in front of the group directed by Carlo Ancelotti. After the failure of the Wednesday, Lionel will return to Paris to complete his season in Tie it 1, where this year grieve has converted 2 goals, but is leader in assistances with 11.

In the Champions League 2021-22, the forward of 34 years added 5 goals in 7 parties. Only to the Madrid could not him annotater. In total, the first season of the rosarino in France resume in 7 so many and 11 assistances in 25 apparitions, in a campaign in where his low fitness in August and the Covid-19 in the festivities decembrinas prevented him play all the parties with the PSG, as it was used to to do in Barcelona. In this sense, his contribution goleador also has been very underneath of the average.

Seventh consecutive elimination for Messi in the Champions

The defeat in front of the Real Madrid (3-2 the global) supposes the seventh consecutive elimination for the captain of the Argentinian selection in the maximum competition of clubs of Europe. The bad series began in the 2015-16 in front of the Athletic of Madrid (2-1 global) in quarter-finals. The following season would fall in the same phase in front of the Juventus (3-0 global) and in 2018 would repeat the history in Rome (4-4 in the accumulated, classification for the Italians by goals of visitor).

In the 2018-19, Leo promised to the start of the season in Camp Nou that would win the Champions and, after golear to the Liverpool in the gone home (3-0) all seemed directed for a new final, but the culés were shipwrecked in Anfield (4-0) and sacked of the tournament of the more bitter and unexpected form. In 2020, in the middle of the pandemia, arrived the worst defeat for the Argentinian, the 8-2 in Lisbon in front of the Bayern of Munich in quarter-finals. The past season, Leo sacked of the Champions with the Barça, precisely, in eighth in front of his current team. The global was of 5-2 in favour of the PSG, thanks to the 1-4 of the gone in Catalonia.