Messi has conquered France

Leo Messi is starring in a very good start to the season in PSG. More adapted to the reality of his club and Paris than a year before the end of his rapid arrival at Ligue 1 , the great Argentine player once again finds himself in a less explosive function than in his period of physical splendor, that of nearly 700 homegrown goals at FC Barcelona. The incomparable talent of his boots gives soccer to famous teammates like Neymar Jr Y Kylian Mbappe. In six goals Y eight assists in eleven games official, Messi is radically changing the opinion of the reference media in France that, as L’Equipewas highly critical of him during his first season in Paris.

Even at 35 years old, Messi is always looking for a way to show that, with the ball at his feet, there is no one better than him. His influence on the game continues to be there ‘objective value’whether as an author or as a supplier: this season, every 69 minutes the PSG celebrates a so much through the ‘sin’ of Lionelthe average appearing on 14 goals that you marked or provided during the 974 minutes officials who have been on a playing field until this year. Naa Ligue 1 2022-23, Messi participated in eight games in which he was saved four goals Y seven assists. Naa Champions Leaguein two meetings he celebrated a goal Y a help. And in the final of the French Super Cup, the Trophée des ChampionsMessi scored one in the four goals that gave the title against PSG Nantes and a change has begun in the outlook of French published opinion, peculiar to the middle country (French Football) that crowned Messi with seven Ballon d’Ors. “We haven’t seen him like this at PSG in eleven months. Sharp, sharp in his running, more resistant in duels, we have seen the Messi of Barcelona”, it was read in L’Equip already in August. The new season brought even more dose for Messi, with Christophe Galtier at the bank. Even in the Champions League, the coach decided to replace Rosario after 63 complete consecutive games in the great European competition, in a streak that started in 2014.

Twitter testifies to this reconquest initiated by Messi with an eight-minute video that successfully circulates for several days. The photos form a compendium of the actions of this less naive and more scientific Messi, in a change that some analysts predicted for the advanced stage of his career. The pass gains ground on the shot, but Messi is clearly still the only footballer on the planet capable of filling a feature film with the goals he has scored or created in his career without having to use a single repetition of his plays. With the aim of adding a fifth Champions League title to an impressive track record, the 2022-23 season is for Messi the last chance to fulfill the great dream of his life as a footballer: to win the World Cup with Argentina.