“Last season’s elimination was very hard”- Lionel Messi recalls losing 2021-22 Champions League pre-quarters to Real Madrid
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Lionel Messi regrets PSG’s loss to Real Madrid. For Paris Saint-Germain, losing to Real Madrid in the Champions League round of 16 was a crushing defeat, and Lionel Messi hasn’t been able to get over it. The French team was the first of the three teams to lose after comebacks occurred at the Santiago Bernabéu, Chelsea and Manchester City would follow. The French team was eliminated from the tournament after Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick.
Messi discussed the significance of that loss in an interview he gave to Hristo Stoitchkov for TUDN on Mexican television.
“Last year was difficult for me, it was hard after a very big change, after being in the same place for so long,” the Argentine began. The objective this season everyone knows. PSG have been eager for a long time to win the Champions League.”
“Last season’s elimination was very hard because of how it happened, because we had played two great games against Real Madrid and the tie was lost in small details.”
Lionel Messi is very focused and determined this season
The living legend from Argentina also left a message in the conversation, which some admirers will associate with the proverb that ‘‘Real Madrid are living rent free in his head.’’
The question is whether the former Barcelona player intended for these remarks to specifically mock Los Blancos, who were named Champions of Europe for the 14th time in May, or if he was only reiterating an argument made by others before him.
“It is an unusual season, because the World Cup is in the middle, but the main objective of PSG, like every year, is to be able to vie for the Champions League.
“It is a very difficult competition to win, because it is not always won by the best team. It is always decided by small details, any mistake can see you removed from the knockout rounds, but we are preparing ourselves for when those tough moments come, we are at our very best.”
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