Messi has been chosen as PSG’s most outstanding player against Nantes by the media (REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier)

A few days before the match against Bayern Munich for the return of the knockout stages of the Champions League, thePSG fans enjoyed another great performance from Lionel Messi which excites them in the face of confrontation with German power. During the 4-2 victory against Nantes in Ligue 1, the Rosario star once again made an impression in a duel which seemed to be on the right track, but which then got complicated but the Parisian team knew how to go from forward to retain its leadership in the league.

Messi led the win with his side’s first goal -at 12 minutes after a boo with his magic left foot- and was a little short of his 800 target. But on top of that he was key in the scaffolding, so much so that the number was chosen for the main media in France . This was the case of the analysis made by the sports newspaper The teamwhat’s going on with him a rating of 8 for his performance in the Princes Park.

A constant influence on the game of your team, where he enjoyed in small spaces (48º), in large spaces (52º) and in dribbling (77º). He opened the scoring with a bang (12th) and, if he was not more decisive, it was because Nantes came out quickly as soon as he approached the surface”, underlines the newspaper after having listed the most significant participations of the number 30.

Immediately afterwards, he closed his commentary with a sentence in view of what will be the decisive crossing in Germany: “Four days from Bayern, he is ready”They explained how important it will be for Paris Saint Germain to have the best version of Messi in the Allianz Arenavenue for the second leg of the round of 16 of the highest football club tournament in Europe.

In the same line was The Parisian. The local newspaper also named the captain of Argentina’s world champion team in Qatar as the best -I give it an 8- and highlighted several outstanding actions by Rosario during the game in the capital of France. “At times he lacked sharpness in his foot ball percussion. But beyond his goal (11′), his powerful shot just above (33′) and his perfect passes, as on the free kick conceded by Mukiele (62′), made him a a permanent danger behind Nantes“, they justified.

The converted amount Leo It was his number 799 and he was one step away from 800 in his sports career. He scored 672 with the Barcelona shirt, 98 with the Argentina team and 29 with Paris Saint Germain. The other detail, not the least, is that he has reached 1,000 direct goal appearances at club level. To the aforementioned goals, we must add 269 assists at the Blaugrana and 30 in France. Numbers of one of the best players in history.

After adding another victory for Ligue 1, the number 20 in 26 games, which allows him to add 63 points at the top of the positions and to be 11 units behind Olympic Marseille -the match on this date remains-, all eyes on the team will be on the series against Bayern Munich for the Champions League.

Next Wednesday, PSG travel to the German city with the need to win to tie the series. We must remember that in the first leg, the Germans triumphed thanks to the two Kingsley Coman (1-0), which is why the France team must win the match with at least one goal difference to equalize the shares. And he will have to do it without the trident, since the Parisian club have confirmed that the Brazilian Neymar He won’t be part of the match as he continues to recover from the right ankle injury that sidelined him for the last few games.

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