After a long and incredibly successful career at FC Barcelona, Lionel Messi tearfully left his home and farm club in the summer of 2021 to join star French ensemble Paris Saint-Germain. After major teething troubles, the Argentine seems to have finally arrived in the city of love.
Messi pulled off a feat unique in French Ligue 1 history in PSG’s 6-1 thrashing of underdog Clermont Foot. This is reported by the Spanish “AS”.
Messi set up three goals for Paris for the second time this season. According to the newspaper, no player in the French House of Lords has yet managed to score two assist hat-tricks in one season. The 34-year-old made three assists for the first time in the 3-1 win against AS Saint-Étienne on November 28, 2021.
In any case, the superstar has now become one of the best scorers in the French upper house. Only teammate Kylian Mbappé prepared one goal more than Messi with 15 goals.
PSG missed a big goal
The start from La Pulga on the Seine left a lot to be desired. Messi, who inspired FC Barcelona with an unbelievable 974 goals (672 goals/302 assists) in 777 competitive games, only scored in his sixth league appearance and looked anything but fresh.
The template gala against Saint-Étienne followed in the seventh mission and the knot had burst. Since then, Messi has averaged at least one goal involvement in every game.
The offensive player should also have a title in his debut season at PSG: With 71 points, the capital city leaders lead the table by a wide margin. The actual goal, the title in the Champions League, was not achieved again. They lost to Real Madrid in the round of 16.