Messi rests after his tour in Saudi Arabia and will not play for PSG for the French Cup

Measure efforts. This seems to be the premise that the coach Christopher Galtier he wants for the argentinian Lionel Messi after closing 2022 on a high note with the conquest of the World Cup in Qatar and the beginning of a year in which the quest to obtain the Champions League for the first time for him paris saint germain is the main goal. For this reason the ‘Pulce’ Rosary he was excluded from the squad for this Monday’s meeting against the modest Countries of Casselfor the 16th of French Cup.

It’s Saudi Arabia’s tour and the 60 minutes he played against the team Seasons of Riyadh Of Cristiano Ronaldo -managed by Marcelo Gallardo- caused more wear and tear to the captain of the Argentina national team. It was their third game in just nine days, with the addition of a trip to Arab lands, having returned to action from that final against France on 18 December at the Lusail stadium.

Messi had completed duels against Anger (2-0 win, goal scored) e Reindeer (0-1 defeat), both in Ligue 1. He had also rested in the previous round of the French Cup, against Châteauroux.

With the Ligue 1 title on track, Galtier aimed his guns at the last 16 of the Champions Leaguewhere they were second in their group -it was won by Benfica from Portugal- and the draw determined who they should face Bayern Monaco: February 14 in Paris and March 8 in Germany.

Three minutes and a goal

In the sensational final duel against CR7 in Saudi Arabia, Messi needed three minutes to score his 25th goal for PSG.

In the 30th minute PSG attack the space, enter the area and define first with his left foot before the farewell of Mohammed Al-Owais, the Saudi goalkeeper who suffers again from the Argentine as on the day of his World Cup debut Leo converted from a penalty even though Argentina suffered their only defeat against Qatar.

Pays de Cassel, from the merger of four teams to be a rival of PSG

Beyond the absence of Messi, Galtier will use other figures of his team such as neymar, kylian mbappe Moreover Ahraf Hakimi, Sergio Ramos and the captain marquinhos.

Opposite there will be the unprecedented Pays de Cassel, regional team, which in the round of 32 eliminated the wasquehalof Ligue 2, in the last match of the second round of the supplementary tournament.

After drawing 1-1 after ninety minutes with goals by Ahmed Bouzar in the 86th minute for Wasquehal and Alexis Zmijak in the 89th minute for the Pays de Cassel, shots from eleven meters decided the fate of the match in favor of the team plays in what would be the sixth division of football, second in the world.

Black and yellow-wearing Pays de Cassel will host this Monday from 4.45pm (Argentina time), although they have moved from their small ground with a capacity of only 2,200 people at the Bollaert-Delelis stadium in the nearby city of Lens.

Cassel is located in the Flanders region of northern France, close to the Belgian border. It has many tourist attractions, with windmills. In 2018 it was chosen by a travel guide as the most beautiful city in the European country.

the club is a merger of four teams. The players are semi-professionals and have fulfilled a dream after eliminating Wasquehal, to the point that their fans have invaded the field to celebrate.