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PSG-Barça: Lionel Messi's five games at the Parc des Princes

2021-03-09T07:28:28.986Z


This Wednesday evening on the occasion of the eighth-final second leg of the Champions League, Lionel Messi will play for the sixth time on the lawn p


Lionel Messi's matches at the Parc des Princes can be counted for the moment on the fingers of one hand.

The Argentine striker has walked five times on the lawn of PSG under the shirt of Barça.

With three goals and an assist, he experienced two defeats for as many victories and a draw.

We take a look back at the 405 minutes of the six-fold golden ball in Paris.

August 4, 2012: the Paris Trophy as a baptism

For his first at the Parc in 2012, Lionel Messi scored a penalty goal.LP / Frédéric Dugit  

During the summer 2012 offseason, Barça and Paris face off in a friendly match for the Paris Trophy.

This is Messi's first appearance at the Parc des Princes.

He is 25 years old.

The Argentinian scored his first goal on Parisian ground at the start of the second half on a penalty and offered the 2-0 goal to Barça who ended up winning on penalties after seeing Paris come back to score (2-2 , tab 4-1).

April 2, 2013: 45 minutes and a goal

Against PSG in the Champions League, Lionel Messi then opened the scoring in the 38th minute with a cross strike from the left.  

Three months after obtaining his fourth Golden Ball (January 7, 2013), Lionel Messi played with Barcelona in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League for the 2012-2013 season.

Aligned at the center-forward position, he then opened the scoring in the 38th minute with a cross strike from the left served by Dani Alves.

But four minutes later the Argentinian injured his right thigh and went out at half-time.

He was then replaced by Cesc Fabregas.

From the bench, he will watch Paris come back to the score in extremis in the 94th minute thanks to Blaise Matuidi (final score: 2-2).

This match is the only one that the Catalan striker did not play entirely at the Parc des Princes.

September 30, 2014: goalscorer but without the victory

Despite a goal, Lionel Messi and Barcelona will lose 3-2 against PSG.LP / Matthieu de Martignac  

That day, he played a Champions League group stage match with Barça.

The Argentine striker scores again.

Just after the opening scoring by David Luiz in the tenth minute for PSG, Messi equalized in the eleventh!

It was Andrés Iniesta who allowed him to take the ball with a flat left foot to equalize.

Despite this goal, Lionel Messi and the Catalan club will lose 3-2.

April 15, 2015: a second victory at the Parc

Lionel Messi and Barcelona had no trouble getting rid of PSG in the quarter-final first leg of the 2014-2015 Champions League. LP / ARNAUD JOURNOIS  

After two unsuccessful meetings in Paris, the outcome in the quarter-final first leg of the 2014-2015 Champions League is different for the Argentinian.

Messi regains victory (3-1) at the Parc des Princes but without scoring this time.

However, he delivers an assist to a certain Neymar after a quarter of an hour of play which allows the Brazilian to open the scoring.

At the start of the second period, the Argentinian received a yellow card following a late tackle on Marquinhos.

This card is also the only one that Messi has received in all the confrontations he has played against PSG.

February 14, 2017: a meeting quickly forgotten

Extinct by a great Kimpembe, Lionel Messi bowed heavily for his last at the Park. LP / Guillaume Georges  

If he took part in the "comeback" in the second leg a few weeks later by converting a penalty in the 50th minute, Messi had not experienced the same dynamic in the first leg where Barça lost 4-0 in the Princes Park.

At the end of the first period he even lost a ball under Adrien Rabiot's pressing allowing Marco Verratti to serve Julian Draxler for the 2-0 goal.

Source: leparis

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