Lionel Messi in
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Contributed 33 goals and 34 assists in 75 appearances. Messi played in Paris for two seasons, making 75 appearances, 73 starts, 34 goals and 20 assists. in two seasons, Messi won two Ligue 1 titles and one Ligue 1 Supercup for Paris.
Messi's two seasons in Paris were 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.In the summer of 2021, Messi finally left Barcelona, the club he had played for for more than two decades, for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, where he switched from No. 10 to No. 30 in the Red and Blue. When he first arrived, Messi made 34 appearances for Paris in all competitions, starting in 32 games. But because he has not played in Ligue 1 and does not understand the rhythm and style of play in Ligue 1, Messi only scored 11 goals this season, and he only scored fewer goals in the first two seasons at the beginning of his career than in this season, and there is also the reason of bad luck, according to statistics, Messi in the 2021-2022 season, the number of times hitting the goal frame ranked first in the five major leagues. In addition, Messi continued to show his excellent organizational skills by dishing out 14 assists in the 2021-2022 season in Paris.
Come to Paris in the second year, Messi for the city more familiar, but also more understanding of the Ligue 1 and teammates, this season he appeared in 41 games and all start, if not because of the internal suspension at the end of the season Messi's number of appearances this season would have been higher, in the 41 appearances, Messi for the Paris scored 21 goals and also sent 20 assists, become the only one in the five leagues in the goals and assists both He is the only player in the top five leagues to have surpassed the 20-goal and 20-assist mark. In Ligue 1, Messi also won the title of Ligue 1's season assist leader with 16 assists.
Messi's two seasons in Paris have been a process of adjustment and a journey from love to loathing. After stopping out of the Champions League round of 16, after stopping out of the French Cup round of 16, and after the World Cup final, Messi was met with some incredible boos in Paris, and ultimately neither side chose to renew their contracts when they expired. Messi quickly announced his departure from Europe's top five leagues in early June 2023 when he joined Major League Soccer's Miami International.
