On the eve of important commitments for international tournaments, PSG, Roma and Inter responded at the local level thanks to Messi, Dybala and Lautaro Martínez, those in charge of signing the goals and thus leading their team to victory.
Starting with France, although the eyes of the entire PSG are on the current edition of the Champions League, with the capital team seeing the faces on February 14 with Bayern Munich for the first duel of the round of 16, after At the local level, Christophe Galtier’s team continues to respond, barely, but responding. In a duel that was uphill from the beginning for PSG receiving in the Parc des Princes in Toulouse, the one who appeared putting on the hero’s suit was Lionel Messi. The visit struck first after 20 minutes of the first half through Boomen and even stretched the advantage after a few minutes, but due to an advanced position the 2-0 was invalidated. The one who transmitted peace of mind in the first instance for PSG was Hakimi who found himself in the auction zone and took full advantage of it. The Moroccan defender opened his foot and sealed the 1-1 with a nice shot from outside the area.
Sin mbappe and Neymar, already in the complement all the responsibility fell on his number 30, Messi. Proving once again that he is a player who does not feel pressure in this type of situation, to keep a team afloat and a game that was leading to a draw, the Rosario player rubbed the lamp and true to his style, appearing from behind in the outside the area, leaning towards her profile, Messi put her against a stick to give his team the victory. With this victory, the Parisian team remains at the top with 54 points, keeping the distance with its immediate rivals, Olympique de Marseille and Lens, both with 46 points.
Roll the ball in a new edition of the Club World Cup in Morocco
Moving to Italy, there was also an albiceleste presence on the covers of the main sports media. Lautaro Martínez was decisive again in underby della madonnina, while Dybala dressed as an assistant in Roma’s triumph. In another edition of the Milan classic, the former Racing dressed as a hero once again, repeating what was done just weeks ago for the definition of the Italian Super Cup that was left in the hands of Inter after 3-0 at Milan where the Bull contributed the last both with exquisite definition. Now, in the classic against Milan, now in Serie A, Lautaro Martínez was responsible for the victory, signing the only goal of the game. With this victory, Inzaghi’s team reaches 43 points and remains in the fight with Napoli (56) who continues to win and does not give up ground.
In line with what Lautaro did at Inter, Paulo Dybala also played a role in Roma’s 2-0 win over Empoli. In this case, the Cordovan was not the author of either of the two goals, but he was the one who was in charge of assisting Ibáñez and Abraham respectively so that the network of the Italian capital was filled with goals. With these three points, José Mourinho’s team also remains on top, third with 40 points, still dreaming of the championship, but also securing, momentarily, a place in the next edition of the Champions League. However, both at Inter and at Roma they await the renewal of the Champions League and the Europa League to be able to take advantage of the great presence of their figures. The Milan team will have to face the first round of 16 match against Porto for the highest competition at club level in Europe. For its part, the team from the Italian capital will face RB Leipzig in the round of 16, a duel corresponding to the Europa League.
Messi, the hero of PSG’s victory against Montpelellier
Finally, other important names, especially for the Argentine National Team, had their respective presentations in the Premier League. On Friday, the debut of Enzo Fernández with the Chelsea shirt took all eyes. The star pass on the market and the most expensive in the history of Argentine football and the Premier League was from the start in the goalless draw between the Blues and Fulham. The former Benfica gave good feelings, implying that he will be a player who, once English football is fully established, would give Chelsea a lot. Like Enzo, the one who had the official presentation of him was Facundo Buonanotte. The former Rosario Central had his first minutes with the Brighton shirt, home of another world champion such as Alexis Mac Allister.
The other names to grace the front pages of English football were Lisandro Martínez, showing his usual grit in Manchester United’s victory, along with Julián Álvarez and Cristián “Cuti” Romero who faced each other last weekend. They would have to take these last two with tweezers because the man from Cordoba was an important piece in Tottenham’s victory over City, overshadowing the figure of Halland, a night he was unable to crown after being sent off. For his part, the City striker was one of the best of Guardiola’s team that suffered a heavy defeat on his visit to London, which had repercussions and in what way in his pursuit of Arsenal and the league title.
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