Paris: Lionel Messi finished his move to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday with the French side sighing relieved after a few heartbreaking against Argentina stars in the past.
For the first time, Barcelona and Messi fulfilled the Qatar PSG version in the Champions League quarter-finals.
For the two clubs under the Qatar flag, ‘Galacticos’ appears but even people like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and David Beckham cannot prevent defeat.
Messi’s score at the Parc des Princes in the first leg which ended 2-2 with a return on finishing 1-1.
Read Alsolionel Messi said the dream was to lead Paris St Germain to the Champions League Glorylionel Mesius said on Wednesday he was happy to have signed for French club Paris St Germain and he was ready to help the team win their first Champions League title.
A year after the confrontation, PSG and Barcelona were withdrawn to the same Champions League group.
PSG won 3-2 at home with Barca out on top 3-1 at Camp Nou inspired by MSN – Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
They are responsible for their five team goals for two ties.
Then, they met again in the quarter-finals in April.
Barcelona won 3-1 in Paris thanks to Neymar and doubled from Suarez, before winning 2-0 in a return with two goals from Brazil.
Messi broke into help.
The two teams met again in the last Champions League with PSG developed to a 4-0 victory at home.
However, the extraordinary turnaround has come down in the history of the game.
PSG 3-1 in the 87th minute in the second minute in Spain but still looks eligible until Barca scored three goals late at times that were dying to win 6-1 at night and 6-5 on aggregate.
Messi scored one time from the point of penalty while Neymar claimed two of the three attacks late.
Four years later and the tide has changed.
Barcelona struggled to integrate new recruits while PSG had made the Champions League final in the previous season for the first time.
In the past 16 years, PSG won 4-1 at Camp Nou with Messi at the target for the opening purpose but was overshadowed by the amazing hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe.
Returns ended 1-1 with Messi and Mbappe in Scoresheet again.
The defeat was seen as the main factor in pushing Messi to reflect on his future with the club.
Messi finished a two-year agreement with PSG which quickly appeared as a favorite to sign it followed the departure of Argentina’s surprise last week from Barcelona.
PSG reportedly pay 35 million euros ($ 41 million) per year to Messi, who will wear number 30 jersey.
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