They came from putting a ‘3’ against Bayern Munich, for the Champions League. It seems that the free kick magic of the ‘Flea’ did not reach him.
Already after the defeat against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, the qualification of the French press for the Argentine Lionel Messi it had raised dust. This Sunday, after being as decisive in the result as for the future of Paris Saint Germain, the ‘Flea’ was once again heavily criticized with a score where they didn’t even pass it.
To analyze the news of the world champion, something more global is needed: when Kylian Mbappe is on the field, most attacks are loaded on the left flank, where the French striker is located. The amount of balls they play for the 35-year-old from Rosario also drops considerably.
For example, this Sunday against Lille in the Parc des Princes, it went from highest to lowest in participation. He had a chance to enter that goalkeeper Chevalier blocked at the near post, then he participated -without touching the ball- in his team’s second goal that allowed him to extend the advantage through Neymar.
But from there it was deflating. Because when they give him the ball it is not usually in the best conditions: sometimes surrounded, sometimes in positions where his imbalance does not end up generating something productive, and almost always ends in a lateral or support pass.
In an uphill result like Christophe Galtier’s PSG was given, Messi’s determining factor in the result -they say, what usually matters more- cannot go unnoticed. That’s why the ‘5’ that the sports newspaper chose to put on it The team may seem little. Obviously is conditioned (and empowered) by the ‘3’ that had placed him last Tuesday, after the 0-1 against Bayern Munich.
“We should expect more from a player like that in such an important game, in such a delicate situation. We weren’t far from having witnessed one of his most disappointing performances of the season.”public.
And, to value the goal, he completed: “But as is often the case with Messi lately, a flash of genius, a suspended moment came to change everything. His free-kick delivered a team that expected no less from its star (90th+5)”.
A little harder was the portal The Parisianwho rated it with a ‘4’. “A shot that Chevalier stops (5′), a good screen in the 2-0 goal (17′)… and that’s it. The Argentine was invisible. Until this free kick, which he gets and converts in added time (4-3, 90 + 5). Out of all logic. It’s also that, Messi“, argument.
