And another year goes by in which Paris Saint-Germain is eliminated from the Champions League. A wave of criticism from the media is now rolling towards Messi and Co.
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the essentials in brief
- Paris Saint-Germain also lost the second leg against Bayern Munich.
- PSG fail again in the Champions League despite Messi and Mbappé up front.
- The international media does not hold back any criticism after the knockout round.
Paris Saint-Germain is again empty-handed in the Champions League. The Parisians lost the first and second leg against FC Bayern Munich and did not score a single goal. So they can’t fix it again, despite being the fifth most valuable squad in the world.
Since the Qatar takeover in 2011, PSG have reached the CL final once. They also lost this against Bayern of all places. Apart from that, it was often said “goodbye” in the round of 16 or quarterfinals.
Accordingly, the frustration of the French is deep. This is also reflected in the French media, which severely criticized Mbappé, Messi and Co. But international newspapers don’t mince words either.
Media sharply criticize PSG stars
The largest Parisian daily newspaper “Le Parisien” entitled its article: “The gate of Choupo-Moting that crucifies the Parisians”. In addition, the lack of fitness of the PSG stars is discussed. The home team reeled off almost nine kilometers more than the guests from France.
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In domestic Ligue 1, only Montpellier puts less effort on the pitch than the Parisians. Paris Saint-Germain then paid for it against Bayern. Physically, they were no longer there at all, it is said.
Messi gets a 2 out of 10
“Vitinha, Ruiz and Verratti were dead, they didn’t have any intensity anymore,” ex-PSG star Edouard Cisseé told L’Equipe. There, the defeat was described as “a “fundamental inability to grow”.
“Foot Mercato” graded the performance of the individual actors on a scale from one to ten. Messi, Vitinha and Verratti dive deep – they all get a two! Even Mbappé with a three is clearly insufficient. Only Danilo Pereira and Sergio Ramos achieve a six.
The Spanish sports newspaper “Marca” says that the Champions League is not for PSG. “Messi and Mbappé, what a flop!” was the headline in the Italian “Gazzetta dello Sport”.
The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” writes of a French two – meaning Messi and Mbappé. This was defeated by a Bavarian team.
The only question that remains is: will the trident Messi, Mbappé and Neymar appear again in the Parc des Princes in the next CL campaign?
