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Dean David and Leo Messi (Reuven Schwartz)
Last Tuesday, Maccabi Haifa suffered what was probably Leo Messi’s best game in the Paris Saint-Germain uniform since he left Barcelona last summer. The first goal of the Flea, who scored a wonderful double and scored two more in the crushing 7:2 over Barak Becher’s team, was chosen as the goal of the week in the Champions League.
In Argentina, there is cautious optimism ahead of the World Cup in Qatar and the desire to see the PSG star lift the only major title he lacks in his career. After the game, in Argentina they found a certain connection between the defeat of the Greens and a possible victory of the Albiceleste in the World Cup.
The Argentinian journalist from ‘Clarin’ Oscar Bernaid highlighted the 2:7 victory of the South American champions over Israel on May 4, 1986, when Diego Maradona scored a brace, 26 days before the World Cup began in Mexico in which he won. As mentioned, Messi scored a double against Barak Becher’s team in another 2:7, with 26 days left to the World Cup.
Messi started his second season at Paris Saint-Germain in monstrous form. Just before the World Cup in Qatar where he will try to lead the Argentine national team to victory, the flea already has six goals and nine assists in the French league. In the Champions League, the Argentinian’s record stands at four goals and three assists, this after he also scored in the first meeting against Maccabi Haifa at Sami Ofer last month (1:3).
