Messi resurfaces

Leo Messi’s year with PSG is starting to look like the player we all know. After contracting the virus in January, The Argentine star has returned to his best level and yesterday against Saint-Étienne he was once again decisive. He was involved, with two assists, in two of the Parisians’ three goals and received a deafening ovation from the Parc des Princes. Without a doubt, he arrives at the decisive stretch of the season in his best moment since he signed in August for the current leader of Ligue 1.

So far in 2022, there is no player in the top five leagues who has given more assists than Messi. The man from Rosario adds five decisive passes, which has earned him to place himself, along with Mbappé, at the top of the table of top assists in Ligue 1, both adding ten passes each and forming a great duo. Messi assisted Mbappé in the two goals that the French international scored last night as well as against Rennes two weeks ago. The connection between the two on the field of play is increasingly fruitful and Pochettino smiles at such rapport.

“Messi’s game was perfect. It’s magnificent. The only thing missing was scoring a goal”, underlined Pochettino at a press conference when asked about the performance of the former Barcelona player. In the last three games, Messi has given four assists, resurfacing little by little in a Ligue 1 to which he is adapting better and better. ANDNext Saturday, the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner will be PSG’s main offensive weapon in Nice, as Mbappé is suspended and he will not play again until the Bernabéu match.