The performance of Lionel Messi against OM, Wednesday evening in the Coupe de France, was not likely to reassure Jean-Michel Larqué, very “worried” for the Argentinian.
Four days from finding Bayern Munich in the Champions League, PSG is not at its best. In great difficulty in the game since the beginning of the year, the troop of Christophe Galtier was not reassured in Marseille, Wednesday evening, on the occasion of the 8th finals of the Coupe de France. Manhandled by a conquering Marseille team, the Parisians logically lost (2-1) and at the same time said goodbye to a title at the end of the season.
More worrying for the residents of the Parc des Princes, the stars that are Neymar and Lionel Messi are not going through their best period. Little in sight during the Classic, the Argentinian suffered many criticisms at the end of the meeting, in particular those of Jean-Michel Larqué.
“A Messi who worries me a lot”
“When you see Messi who absolutely does not want to go into the penalty area… We were waiting for the ball to arrive (in the area) but it never arrived”thus confided the former Stéphanois on the airwaves of RMC, referring to the last possession of the ball of the Rouge et Bleu, and to continue: “It looked like he imagined the clock wasn’t running. It was a moment of helplessness with a Messi that worries me a lot. If he has jogged 100 meters in the last ten minutes…”