Lionel Messi: from the hug with Ronaldinho to a historic double with PSG to equal Cristiano’s record

The Park of the Princes dressed up to receive two kings of football. In the previous of the PSG-Leipzig by Champions League, Ronaldinho appeared on the playing field and wrapped himself in an eternal embrace with Lionel Messi. The idol with the legend who is just beginning to write his love story in Paris. A reunion between two ex-blaugranas that did not like anything in Barcelona -the Brazilian is an ambassador for the club and receives a salary-, but that marked the beginning of a round match for the Argentine: with his double he not only gave the victory to his team 3-2, also equaled a record – yes, another one – of Cristiano Ronaldo.

It was an opaque meeting for the group led by Mauricio Pochettino. Not even the goal of Kylian Mbappé at 9 minutes he managed to arrange the pieces. The German team was superior for much of the 90 ′ and transferred it to the result with goals from André Silva (28 ′) and Nordi Mukiele (57 ′). However, at 67 ‘, after a defensive error, Lionel Messi was in charge of equalizing the situation after assistance from Mbappé. In the absence of Neymar, the pair is finding its best form.

Seven minutes later Kylian provoked a penalty and, with his finger, awarded the shot to Leo. The Argentine stood in front of goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi and, as a tribute to Ronaldinho’s magic, stroked the ball and made the Panenka 3-2 final. Later Mbappé would miss a shot from twelve steps that the ’30 ′ decided to give him without caring about the opportunity to score his third goal and become the footballer with the most triplets in the tournament. Gestures also form great societies.

Paris Saint Germain saved the night, but the spotlight is exclusively on one man: Lionel Messi. , who can tie the tie this Wednesday when Manchester United host Atalanta at Old Trafford.

. The difference between the two is that the ‘Flea’ has a better average (0.81 targets per game) than ‘CR7’ (0.76). A new battle between the two is about to begin.

Messi vs. Cristiano: 37-37

It seems like yesterday but Lionel Messi he scored his first goal in the Champions League on November 2, 2005. By the fourth date of group C, the attacker, who at that time also wore the ’30’ as now, scored in the victory of Barcelona (5-0) about Panathinaikos at the Camp Nou.

Since then, until this Tuesday,. Germany (Bremen, Stuttgart, Bayern, Leverkusen, Monchengladbach, Dortmund and now Leipzig) and England (City, United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham) are the ones that suffered the most from the ‘Flea’.

The first meeting between Cristiano Ronaldo and the goal in the Champions League occurred on April 10, 2007. For the second leg quarterfinals, the Portuguese scored by entering from the right to the middle, as he used to do in his early years, in Manchester United’s 7-1 win over the Rome at Old Trafford.

In 14 years,. Like Messi, England (City, United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham) and Germany (Bayern, Leverkusen, Dortmund, Wolfsburg, Schalke 04) suffered the most.

The Portuguese has the possibility of scoring for the first time at Atalanta – a team he faced in Italian football in his three seasons with Juventus. This Wednesday (2 pm), Manchester United will face the ‘Goddess’ with Cristiano as a forward.