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Leo Messi decreases his scoring quota
PSG seems not to lift their heads despite having one of the best squads in the world, including three of the best attackers today.
A domestic tournament that is usually led by the Paris club, but which this season has had many setbacks and continues to be the target of criticism.
Leo Messi continues to be more and more absent in Ligue 1, the Argentine has not yet finished settling in this new league and new style of play, something totally different from what he was used to in Spain. This is how the Argentine's scoring quota at this time has dropped by a large percentage.
Until now, both the club and the entire PSG fans continue to wait for Messi's moment so that he can help the team find the goal and therefore the victories.
A PSG that should be overwhelming this season, but that is far from doing it and Pochettino that is less and less convincing.
A new stumble
The whole of the French capital has had a new setback in League 1 after drawing last Wednesday against Nice at zero goals and on Saturday against Lens 1-1, two games where the Argentine's performance has been well below what used to it, which has brought the current form of the player up for debate.
In 17 games this season with PSG, Leo Messi has only been able to score one goal and has only played six full games in the French championship.
A very low figure when compared to his performance when the Barcelona uniform beast.
While in the Champions League, the Argentine has scored a goal against City and two goals against Leipzig, games where they have had only a spark of their usual football and that has not served much so that the Parisian club will not end in the second position of the group, which leads him to have to face the draw for the round of 16.
Criticisms of the press
With the arrival of Leo Messi to PSG the French press placed him as the king of Paris and football, but it seems that the period of credit to the press with him has ended since he arrived at the Parc des Princes and that is how now they don't think twice about criticizing them for their underperforming performances.
On the other hand, L'Equipe indicated that he would not be against Nice or against Lens, something that was not true in the final, Le Perisien, a newspaper that is much closer to the club, has been much more critical of him. Argentine, who after these two games and poor PSG results has been punished by the press.
Le Peresien published the following about Leo Messi "It is an unworthy performance for a seven-time Ballon d'Or winner. Clearly he has come to the game again depleted, then he wasted many plays that has already become something common in the club. It was Leo Messi who lost the ball that ended in Lens's goal".
Messi cannot adapt
It is quite clear that Leo Messi can not adapt to his new team, much less to the style of play in France, despite all the support and ovations he receives before the start of each game.
However, they are praise that last very little and the fans end the matches doubting the club's success in signing the Argentine star. "
To all this, Luis Suárez, Messi's former teammate at Barcelona has defended him: "Messi suffers a lot with the cold in Paris, he has to get used to that."
There is no doubt that the Argentine's departure from Barcelona has not been anything favorable for him or for his former team, which continues to have a bad time.
The Argentine's performances right now contrast with those of Cristiano Ronaldo, who continues to show himself at a high level and scoring very decisive goals in most of his Manchester United games.
When he left Real Madrid, he was a very important player for Juventus in many of their games, mainly in the Champions League, as he was in the comeback against Atlético de Madrid where he scored a triplet.
In this new season he has done the same with Manchester United, where it continues to be one of the club's most important games. For this 2021, the Portuguese has been the top scorer of the Eurocup and has already surpassed the barrier of 30 goals.
In fact, if Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were bought and what was done by Lewandowsky was added to it, it opens the controversy over the decision of the Ballon d'Or that was awarded to Leo Messi, something that caused many options found, many of them against this decision.
One of the voices that were present about this decision was that of Iker Casillas. "For me, Messi is one of the five best players in all history, but it is necessary to know how to classify who are the most outstanding after a season, it is not something that difficult, others make it difficult."
To all this, the father, the Argentine player Jorge Messi, replied: "Blah, blah, blah. Continue." Who answered in an ironic way the comment of the former Spanish footballer and Real Madrid, who was one of the many who criticized this decision for not believing just this delivery of the Ballon d'Or that has long been given away.
Leo Messi was an idol for all the Catalan fans, the team always played for him and the dressing room made him feel like the king of the club, but this has changed completely since August when he arrived at the PSG club, where Messi has He has become one of the squad and does not receive the homage of his teammates as he was at Barcelona.
Pedro Nieto's analysis of Leo Messi's situation at PSG
The former footballer and analyst at Movistar, Pedro Nieto has made an analysis of the reasons why the Argentine has been able to shine at PSG and rules out that it was due to a bad adaptation.
"He is surely the footballer who can complain the least because he has everything, the inconvenience when changing teams and cities are very minimal. It is clear that Messi is not delivering what the club and the people expected of him, but it doesn't surprise me either." Pedro Nieto commented.
"At PSG there are many roosters in the henhouse, Neymar and Mbappé also need their share of prominence, which is by no means little. It is a team that stands out much more for its individualities than for the collective game. In addition, Messi is in a final stretch of his career, something that we were seeing physically at Barcelona".
"His poor performance, right now, is due to the desire that he has to be a protagonist in the team and because of the desire that his PSG teammate has for him to perform. Messi at PSG is just one more, no one wants to make him shine above from them". The Movistar commentator explained.
A very different system from the Catalan club
The former Barcelona player and now an analyst on Barça TV, Salva García Puig, knows the Argentine player very well and tries to decipher the reasons why Messi has not been able to shine in Paris as if he did at the Camp Nou.
"The Barcelona ecosystem was perfect for Messi, for his way of playing and for his way of being. He is an introverted person, this was his home and changes cost a lot or have consequences. Both the family environment, the children, they all had a life made in Barcelona and with Messi's personality, these changes have affected".
"In addition, he is in a team that plays completely different from what he has been used to all his life, PSG has many references, there is a whole set of things."
Puig commented, who assures that Messi will have a new opportunity in the Champions League to try to reverse all the opinions against him.
However, it is thought that Mauricio Pochettino will take advantage of giving rest to the majority of the team's starting players as it is a game where there is nothing at stake for PSG.
PSG host Bruges, who are at stake in their chances to qualify for the Europa League, while those in Paris already have second place more than assured.
