Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)
Of a truth it wasn't a great year for Lionel Messi at PSG but I think it's high time we start to accept the fact that Messi is aging and wouldn't still be performing like the Lionel Messi of 6 to 10 years ago.
He exhausted much energy in the world cup Last year and after the World Cup tournament, he also can back to Paris and still did quite well. PSG fans didn't respect him in his last days at the club which is very poor from them
Good to see how time flies in football, the undisputed GOAT do part ways to European football. When PSG concedes a goal, fans boo Leo Messi as if he's the one on the backlines or the club's goalkeeper. We should give credit to Messi, because he's has done a good job by rendering his service where it matters most for the club, he's a terrific and top-tier player. Leo Messi cannot give PSG the same performance he gave Barcelona and Argentina; he is aged, and certain attributes he lost throughout games. Leo Messi is a global figure in football, as every fan knows, and he has had a successful year in his career. He exhausted much energy in the world cup Last year and after the World Cup tournament, he also can back to Paris and still did quite well. PSG fans didn't respect him in his last days at the club which is very poor from them
Coming back to Ligue 1, I think that the contribution this season has been extraordinary with PSG is just that the fans are turning a blind eye to Messi's achievements and I think this is the right decision for Messi to end his career in Europe because he has won everything for football.
The rivalry has kind of ended a few years ago already. It was a bit of a slow process for us fans to understand that the big times between the two GOATs are over. I will definitely miss those times as it is still hard to imagine that we will get to see something like that again within our lifetime. We have been quite lucky to see Messi vs. Ronaldo in soccer and Federer, Nadal and Djokovic in tennis. I don't think that even Mbappe and Haaland can get close to that. If you take the number of individual titles or Ballon d'Ors, what is the chance that Haaland and Mbappe will 12 of them in the next 13 years?
