The elimination in Champions
And, without a doubt, the elimination in the Champions League round of 16 against Real Madrid was a blow that determined the season of Leo Messi and PSG.
Why Cristiano Ronaldo is
L’Équipe underlines that the Portugal captain became the all-time top scorer at national team level, scoring 6 goals in the Champions League for Manchester United, with whom he scored 32 goals in 49 games in all competitions . Of said number of ‘targets’, 18 in the Premier, in which he was the third top scorer after Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min (23 each).
Analysis of the newspaper L’Équipe, which highlights Leo’s weak first season at PSG, with only six goals scored in Ligue 1.
The aforementioned media explains that Cristiano Ronaldo is on the list, among other things, for his 18 goals in the Premier and for being the all-time top scorer for national teams.
It was the big news this Friday: Leo Messi (like Neymar) is out of the list of 30 nominees for the Ballon d’Or 2022. The former Barcelona player, who has won it seven times (he holds the record) and last won it in 2021, is not on the France Football list for the first time since 2005.
Messi will not be able to lift on October 17 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris what would have been his eighth Ballon d’Or. On the other hand, Cristiano Ronaldo (his pursuer of him in the list of winners with 5 trophies) is among the top 30 of 2022 according to France Football.
Faced with this decision, to leave Messi out, which has caused a huge surprise, the newspaper L’Équipe has explained the reasons why the former Barcelona player is absent and the Manchester United striker does appear on the list of the 30 best .
Change of criteria for the Ballon d’Or
L’Équipe writes about Messi’s absence: “A sacrilege? An event, in any case”. The change in the criteria for the Ballon d’Or is the first reason referred to by the aforementioned media and adds that, in the period that has been used to draw up the list put forward by the French media, Messi’s performance has not been as expected .
Six goals in Ligue 1 in a first year marked by disappointment
The newspaper L’Équipe argues that the Argentine star’s first year at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was not good, “but marked by disappointment”, including tensions with Mauricio Pochettino. And he underlines that Messi only scored 6 goals in Ligue 1. “An unpleasant impression that part of Leo had stayed in Barcelona, his stride rate, his determination…”. The top scorer of the 2021-22 French championship, Kylian Mbappé, achieved 28.
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