Lionel Messi, competitive gene and 800 goals like a carrot: he wants to lead PSG to comeback against Bayern for the Champions League

At his core, he didn’t quite buy her either. That “it’s done, it’s done” that came out of his mouth dedicated to his relatives crying in one of the boxes of the Lusail stadium, was hiding a small lie. because it is true that Lionel Andrés Messi pulled out a huge thorn with getting the World in Qatar and the feeling of emptiness was inevitable. It’s also true that nothing that happens to him sportingly will have that flavour.

But it’s a natural competitor Rosario and every time he takes the field he wants to win. The same thing that happened to him in the pastures of the Grandoli club in the 90s when he was a child full of illusions will happen to him this Wednesday in Germany, at the fantastic Allianz Arena, already being a family man, world champion and multiple award winner. AS, paris saint germain will try to overcome the 0-1 against Bayern Monacoone of the black beasts in the career of the Fleain the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League. And more: Leo he is one goal away from reaching 800 in his award-winning career.

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All the frustrations that Messi has left in football have the palliative of the World Cup; then the pains will not be so deep. But Leo wants to win, he insists. and raise a new one orejona It could be the least of your big goals. He won the Rosary 4 times the Champions League He has competed in 19 editions: 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2015, all with Barcelona. It seems little, really, for his monumental career.

That’s why Messi will fight to keep the world’s highest trophy at club level again. “My whole life has been like this, dedication, work, commitment and desire for more every day. The illusion now is to want with Paris the great goals that we have set ourselves. In the last game we improved after the victory against Marseille and we want to overturn the draw with Bayern Munich for the Champions League, which is the goal of everything.”, released the Argentine captain in an official interview with PSG. And I add: “Without a doubt it’s important to arrive like this, after two victories to strengthen the idea and the team, and go looking for victory in Monaco. In football, everything is decided in the small details and we arrived very well, capable of turning the situation around. There was a change in the last game and victories help us work calmly, with confidence and with the illusion of continuing in the Champions League.”.

Messi arrived in Germany walking alongside kylian mbappe. And this could be a good message for Bayern: the two best in the world today are closer than ever. The fate of the team depends on them. Christopher Galtierall the more so with Neymar’s right ankle injury, which will miss the rest of the season.

The man from Rosario also received an unexpectedly warm welcome when he arrived at the concentration hotel. to the cry of “Come on championand the already famous “Messi/Messi/Messi”, German fans greeted the world champion, trying to capture a smile with their mobile phones. There were nearly a thousand people singing up to 10.

Obviously Leo will not have an easy life given the quality of his rival. Bayern Munich is one of the teams that has caused Messi the most headaches. I still remember the historic 8-2 win in Lisbon for the 2020 Champions League. It will be Leo’s eighth match against the German giant: he lost 4, won 2 and drew 1; he scored 2 goals “I know my stats in matches against Messi. There is the 8-2 against Barcelona, ​​but I think the most important was the 7-0 aggregate victory in the 2013 semi-final. It’s been ten years and these are stats from the past, this will be another match”, commented the midfielder Thomas Müller.

Furthermore, for Messi the duel on German soil will be another possibility reach his 800 goals in his professional career. Up to here, the Flea He scored 672 goals for Barcelona (778 games), 98 for the Argentina national team (172) and 29 for PSG (63).

The good news for Messi and the whole team is that they will be able to count on a complete Kylian Mbappé. In the first leg he only played a few minutes because he was recovering from a muscle injury. Another fact to take into consideration is that away goals no longer count.

Messi, the Champions League and Bayern Munich as rivals. A stellar billboard that cannot fail and that can mark another historic day for Leo.