Messi, Neymar help PSG win the French Super Cup
Written: Messi 22, Neymar 45+5, pen 83, Ramos 57,
Messi shone on the day Kylian Mbappe was absent because of a suspension. The Argentine star touched the ball 91 times, walked the ball successfully six times, passed 84% accurately with two decisive lines and scored one goal from three overs.
Messi, thanks to that, was elected the best player and contributed to help PSG won the first title of the season 2022-2023. He also won the 41st title in his career, only one title compared to the record of his former teammate Dani Alves.
Yesterday, the new manager Christophe Galtier used the third-class schema, with Sergio Ramos, Marquinhos and Prespembe. On the line, Pablo Sarabia replaced the Mbappe with Messi and Neymar.
PSG created a one-sided game and successively made waves towards the Nantes goal. In the 7th minute, Marco Verratti pressed the ball for Sarabia to break the crossbar, but he caught the volley over the bar in the face-off position. A few minutes later, it was captain Marquinhos' turn to head over the bar from close range.
The difference was made in the 22nd minute, when Messi penetrated the penalty area, trickled past goalkeeper Alban Lafont and then slotted his right foot into the empty net. It was the Argentine striker's 32nd strike in the finals. He had a chance to double the gap late in the first half, but a close left-footed putt failed to beat Lafont.
Not only Messi, Neymar also flourished at Bloomfield, Israel. In the fifth minute of injury time, the Brazilian striker kicked a free-kick over the ball into the high corner. The Nantes goalkeeper flew all the way but couldn't get his hands on the ball. In the 82nd minute, Neymar brought home the penalty himself, then finished sinking into the right corner, completing the double.
Xen between the two tables of the Neymar was Sergio Ramos'randomyore. The interstate of Sarabia has made the Nantes's cargo disrupted, creating conditions for the Spanish defense to slip into the drums. This is Ramos'third desk for PSG, after two tables at Ligue 1 season ago.
Victory 4-0 helps PSG to extend the French Super Cup record to 11 times, more than three times behind Lyon. In there, the Paris Best Best Best Best Best Best Best Best Best Super Cup. The day 6/8, Messi and his crew will march to the courtyard of the Clermont Foot the opening of the Ligue Foot.