Leo Messi will be the center of attention tonight at the Parc des Princes.
And not only because the public will be delighted to see the Argentinian at the heart of this dream attacking trio that he composes with his new playmates, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.
In search of his first goal in his new colors, the Pulga is indeed the most effective player in the world of football against the teams of his former coach Pep Guardiola.
In 6 Champions League games played against his former coach, Messi has scored 6 times, four times in front of Manchester City, two against Bayern Munich.
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The wait will have been interminable, will have lasted almost an eternity. Twenty-one months in all and for all. It may be a detail but for them, the spectators and other aficionados of the Parc des Princes, this PSG - Manchester City means a lot. This meeting of the 2nd day of the Champions League will indeed be the first that the Parisian public will be able to follow from the stands since the reception of Galatasaray on December 11, 2019. At the time, the club of the capital had largely imposed (5-0) against the Turks. Paris, which remains on six consecutive wins at the Parc des Princes in an official match, will it celebrate the return of its public on the European scene with a new victory? Caution is required since the last host to win in the capital on April 28 is none other than Manchester City (1-2),the evening adversary.
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What if Paris finally went first?
In their history, PSG and Manchester City have crossed paths five times, once in a group match for C3, four in the Champions League.
The capital club has still not succeeded in winning over its opponent (2 draws, 3 defeats).
In the Champions League, Paris has, in addition, never managed to keep its clean sheet.
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PSG and Manchester City are in totally opposite spirals in the Champions League. Not only the capital club remains on a series of four games without success in the competition since its victory (2-3) at the Allianz Arena in Munich on April 7, but it has especially not tasted the triumph since nearly 10 months at the Parc des Princes. We must indeed go back to December 9, 2020 and the card passed to Basaksehir to find traces of the last Parisian victory in the home competition. Quite the opposite of Manchester City which remains with him on 10 trips without defeat in the Champions League (8 wins, 2 draws). The final lost to Chelsea (1-0) took place on neutral ground, in Porto,the last loss of the Citizens away in the Champions League dates from December 2017 and is to the credit of Shaktar Donetsk.
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This is the number of players who have worn the colors of both clubs.
Nicolas Anelka, Ali Benarbia, Djamel Belmadi, Sylvain Distin, Alioune Touré and George Weah.
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PSG remain on a series of 33 consecutive matches with at least one goal scored in the Champions League pools (22 wins, 7 draws, 4 losses, 93 goals scored, 29 conceded).
The last Champions League group match at home without a goal was on October 21, 2015: 0-0 against Real Madrid.
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Marco Verratti is the player who has played the most Champions League games in Champions League history.
With 27 games, he is one length ahead of Marquinhos who could join him on Tuesday night.
