Tagliafico defended Messi from booing in Paris and revealed the dialogue they had mid-match

Lionel Messi he was once again booed by Paris Saint-Germain fans. A strange situation to understand, but which is becoming more and more common and daily in the French capital. This time it was before the 1-0 defeat against Olympique de Lyon, the team he plays for Nicholas Tagliaficowho made his debut and had a chat with his compatriot and captain of the national team.

After enjoying ten dream days in Argentina after celebrating his world title with the fans, Messi has once again experienced a tense climate wearing his team’s shirt. His fans have less and less patience due to the early elimination in the round of 16 of the Champions League together with some bad results obtained in Ligue 1 and the Argentine is the maximum in the sights.

This is how Tagliafico, although this time it was his rival, could be the one to defend Messi, the target of Parisian criticism. “Unfortunately it happens to us too. It’s normal that people want results and they get them with a player like Leo or Mbappé. They think a player will save them, but soccer is a team sport. We are professionals, we have to move forward and achieve the club’s goals,” said the former Independiente about the moment his colleague is going through.

And on his future, uncertain given the rumors of a possible return to Barcelona, ​​he added: “We try to give our best at all times, in the national team or in the club, we’ll see where Leo goes later, but the important thing is that he feel happy and can show the game he has, for now it’s very clear that he wants to give his all to win here (at PSG). We’ll see what happens later“.

The former Ajax player also recounted how the conversation they had when they crossed paths was like on the pitch, where apparently the whistle issue was not touched upon: “We talked about coming back (to the club), which hasn’t been easy. At one point we said to each other that it wasn’t easy to sleep with ‘jet lag’, I sleep five or six hours and the same thing happens to him. But these are normal things when you play for the national team and you play so often.”

Likewise, the Argentines are not the only ones defending the Parisian 30, but Christopher GaltierPSG DT also supported and benched his player in the post-match press conference: “Messi gives everything he has and is a decisive player. He can’t handle everything. It seems to me that whistles are not chords“.

However, the French newspaper L’Équipe, making it a ritual when it comes to scoring each player based on his performance in each match, once again gave Messi a 3, as in some previous matches. Mbappé also received the same rating.

The support of Thierry Henry

Thierry HenryMessi’s former Barcelona teammate who has always praised Rosario, now holds a commentator role for the French league and was not silent on Sunday when he heard the whistle that the Argentine had as recipient and cataloged the situation as ” shameful”. and he also gave Leo some advice on what he should do with his future.

“It’s embarrassing to hear the boos from the fans at the Parc des Princes. You can’t boo from one of the best players in the team, with 13 goals and 13 assists. Messi has to return to Barcelona for the love of football and because he didn’t start as he should have“, condemned the idol of the Arsenal of England.