Lionel Messi’s goal that gave PSG the Ligue 1 title and allowed him to sign two other records

paris saint germain he kept the Ligue 1 title to continue marking his hegemony in French football: he won 9 of the last 11 tournaments in the country. The team led by Christophe Galtier drew 1-1 with Racing Strasbourg in the Stade de la Meinau with as much of Lionel Messi and the coronation was secured when there is still a date for the contest.

This much meant the crown 42 of his careerwhich allowed him to reach the number of titles of Daniel Alves to share the nickname of the most winning player in history. It should be noted that some counts indicate that he has 43 in his showcase, which would make him definitely surpass the Brazilian. The discussion is around the 2005 Spanish Super Cup: although Leo was part of the squad blaugranahe was not called up for either of the two games of that contest.

The cry against Racing also ranked him as the top scorer in the history of the five major European leagues with 496 goalsas detailed by PSG’s own official account.

Leo was very participative from the start of the meeting. His first important intervention was at minute 10, when he impaled the ball and assisted a Kylian Mbappé who tried a long control and could not get rid of the pressure of the Belgian goalkeeper Matz Sels, who reduced and removed the danger. After a couple of blocks and lost balls in three quarters of the field, the Argentine lit up and threw a double wall with Mbappé, who entered the area, got rid of a man and was closed just when he was about to define.

This maneuver led to a corner kick that was executed by Messi and connected by Renato Sanchez, who could not beat the rival goalkeeper. At minute 41, one of the clearest situations in the first half: PSG’s 30th man made a violation at the gate of the large area and he executed it himself with his left foot, over the barrier, a few centimeters from the angle. The Racing goalkeeper only managed to pray that the ball did not enter his fence.

The man from Rosario is the top assister in this tournament with 16 assists, surpassing Jonathan Clauss from Olympique Marseille (11), his teammate Neymar Jr. (11) and Rémy Cabella from Lille (10). But he also stands out in the table of top scorers led by Kylian Mbappé with 28 whoops, followed by Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette (26) and Lille’s Jonathan David (22).

Messi ranks tenth in scorers with 16 whoops behind Racing Strasbourg’s Habib Diallo (20), Reims’ Folarin Balogun (20), Lens’ Loïs Openda (19), Monaco’s Wissam Ben Yedder (18) Terem Moffi from Nice (17) and Elye Wahi from Montpellier (17).

When there is still one day left in Ligue 1 next weekend at the Princes Park Against Clermont, the captain of the Argentine team already surpassed his debut season record with PSG in which he had signed 6 goals and 14 assists in the local competition.

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