Lionel Messi now not inflicts pain on Real Madrid. He has did not rating in his remaining 10 fits against them and his final visits to the Bernabeu. Failing to score in opposition to Real Madrid in this occasion intended that PSG were removed from the Champions League, a target he set himself when he left Barcelona.
The Argentine did no longer have a clean hazard in the return leg within the Champions League final sixteen game and he and his teammates misplaced the tie in 20-25 2nd half of minutes. PSG were zero-1 up inside the second leg and 0-2 beforehand on combination earlier than Karim Benzema netted a hat-trick to give Madrid a three-1 victory.
Messi has played in opposition to Real Madrid 46 times. The first of those became returned on 19th May 2005 when he become simply 18 and his first aim came on 2nd May 2009 whilst Pep Guardiola turned into the boss. His remaining aim at the Bernabeu was on twenty third April 2017 while Barca gained 2-three and the remaining time he scored against Madrid become on sixth May 2018 in a 2-2 draw on the Camp Nou. However, he nevertheless has a good report at the Bernabeu as he has received on 12 of his 23 visits there.
The Argentine left Barcelona this summer and signed for PSG with the purpose of prevailing the Champions League collectively with the likes of Neymar, Kylian Mbappé, Ángel Di María, Marco Verratti, Donnarumma and Sergio Ramos... However, that dream will have to wait and he'll need to settle for triumphing the Ligue 1 title.
It changed into a night time which began brilliantly for Mbappe and PSG. Messi, who ignored a penalty inside the first leg, also had the ball, but a piece faraway from the container. Neymar also had efforts, however they were blocked with the aid of the Madrid defence and that they were unable to save you Benzema from getting his second half of hat-trick which knocked PSG out of the competition.
