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Paris Saint-Germain can finally breathe.
The 0:2 victory last night (Saturday) over Nice reduced a lot of pressure and tension in the French luxury club after the last disappointing results and the incessant storms that are created around the club.
Gigi Donnarumma excelled between the posts, but the star of the game was Leo Messi, who provided a crushing answer to the PSG fans who blamed him for the state of the team.
Messi scored the first goal in the 26th minute and Sergio Ramos scored the second in the 76th minute, forgetting the boos and the many criticisms in France.
Messi's goal took him to 702 goals in Europe - one more than his eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi also needed 107 fewer games than Ronaldo to reach that number.
In addition, Messi's assist to Sergio Ramos brought him to 1,000 goals in his direct involvement in the team's career.
In total he scored 702 goals and made 298 assists.
In general, despite the criticisms, Messi's recent numbers illustrate how absurd the accusations against him were.
Messi was involved in 28 league goals this season (14 goals and 14 assists), more than any other player in France.
In the last three games, he scored 4 goals and assisted twice, while Kylian Mbappe neither scored nor assisted.
In addition, yesterday he also presented an impressive game of sacrifice and commitment with no less than 9 ball saves, more than any PSG player.
Barcelona, as expected, took advantage of Messi's performance to sting PSG, and earn a few more points in the media and image battle designed to bring the flea back to the club.
In the Catalan "Sport" they mockingly wrote: "Probably this time the PSG fans won't whistle for Messi after he scored and scored. They don't deserve him. Leo, go back to Barcelona!".
Who will whistle for him now?
Messi celebrates (Photo: Reuters)
In Paris, Kylian Mbappe and the mini-storm that was created this week around him, after he visited the club, were also discussed at the end.
As you remember, PSG released a video to promote the renewal of subscriptions, in which only the Frenchman spoke and Messi and Neymar did not appear at all.
Mbappe did not like the publicity, explaining that "this is not Kylian Saint-Germain", and the media in France "celebrated" the Torah incident.
Either way, according to Marcinius, Mbappe has already left the story behind.
"The morning after the announcements, I approached him and asked him what the story was. I wanted to understand what really happened," said the Brazilian captain.
"He explained things to me from his point of view. He talked to the relevant people at the club, and explained to them why they were wrong. I think they will settle their differences."
Coach Christophe Galtier revealed at the end that Mbappe played while suffering from an injury, and after several days in which he trained only partially.
"He was very doubtful about the game, but insisted on playing. This shows how committed he is to the club,
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Played with an injury.
Mbappe (Photo: GettyImages, CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP)
Galtier himself was incidentally involved in the incident at the end, after he went to "thank" the Nice fans who cursed him throughout the game and waved an offensive and ugly sign against him and his mother who is sick with cancer.
Galtier, who coached Nice last season with great success, visited the Nice fans at the end.
"All in all, I went to thank them for the amazing welcome they gave me," Galtier said in frustration.
"My mother is 83 years old, and is fighting cancer like a hero. When you see a sign like this, you can't remain indifferent. These fans saw a lot of European games this season thanks to my work last season. They are ungrateful."
Either way, Galtier's status in PSG is still very uncertain, despite last night's victory.
In France they claim that losing points in the next game could lead to his immediate dismissal.
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