The player and captain of the Argentine team, Lionel Messi, has always stood out for his success that he gave to his previous team, Fútbol Club Barcelona. However, his arrival at Paris Saint Germain (PSG) has brought him several criticisms from the local media, which has generated great discontent.
In days past, PSG played a game against Real Madrid and won, with a score of 1-0. Despite the win, the press made negative criticism regarding Messi’s missed penaltywhich was stopped by the player Thibaut Courtois.
The local media ‘L’Equipé’ rated Lionel Messi’s performance with a score of 3, while the midfielder ‘Le Parisien’ gave the player 3.5 points.
“This Messi is worrying (…). There is something sad about seeing him play like this (…). In the one-on-one he suffers the athletic impact”, were the comments in ‘L’Equipé’.
“In the second half he improved, he made some effective passes. But his performance was hampered by his missed or rejected shots and the penalty that stopped him, ”added the outlet.
Additionally, ‘Le Parisien’ wrote: “In addition to this failure (the missed penalty), the Argentine played an approved match”
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The publication also stated that Messi “has missed 5 of 23 penalty shots in the Champions League, more than any other player since Opta (English statistics company) collects this data since 2003”.
These statements were what led Lionel Messi to get the worst score of PSG players.
Despite having played a good combination game and made incredible passes to his teammates, the French media did not value the effort of the Argentine and they only praised the performance of the player Kylian Mbappé, who was given a score between 8 and 8.5.
Lionel Messi was quite dissatisfied with the constant criticism of the French press and has gone to the heads of the PSG team, as ‘Le Parisien’ explained.
“They have even become a topic of conversation in the PSG dressing room, where the Argentine has confided his astonishment to several influential executives at the Camp des Loges. The Argentine star is not at all happy with the comments in the French press about his performance, ”said the French media.
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So far in the 2021-2022 Champions League season, the Argentine has had a total of 23 games played and 3 goals scored. His performance is just behind the player Kylian Mbappe, who has made 17 assists for goals all season.
Facing criticism, former player Sergio Agüero publicly defended Lionel Messi’s performance, saying: “Leo played well. He broke it, and not because he’s my friend. He was very good, he was very active, shame about the penalty, but then he broke it. The magazines and newspapers in France ‘killed’ him, they are a bunch of assholes”.
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