{"id":11389,"date":"2022-03-06T12:02:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/06\/alarming-lionel-messi-stat-highlights-psg-struggles-after-nice\/"},"modified":"2022-03-06T12:02:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T17:02:18","slug":"alarming-lionel-messi-stat-highlights-psg-struggles-after-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/06\/alarming-lionel-messi-stat-highlights-psg-struggles-after-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Alarming Lionel Messi stat highlights PSG struggles after Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An altogether head-turning statistic surrounding the production, or more so lack thereof, on the part of Lionel Messi during Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s meeting with OGC Nice on Saturday has come to the fore online.<\/p>\n<p>Argentine icon Messi has of course seen his form regularly called into question of late, amid a trying stint in the French capital on the back of his summer departure from long-time employers Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old, in turn, headed into PSG\u2019s Ligue 1 clash with Nice just shy of 24 hours ago in the knowledge that he had still found the net just twice in 17 appearances in France\u2019s top-flight across the campaign to date.<\/p>\n<p>The latest efforts on Messi\u2019s part to right his goalscoring woes, however, did not go exactly according to plan, to put it lightly.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as revealed in the game\u2019s aftermath, the 7-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner did not manage a single shot across the 90 minutes at the Allianz Riviera on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first time that Messi failed to get an effort away on goal in a league fixture in which he fully participated since all the way back in the 2009\/10 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Hier face \u00e0 Nice, Leo Messi n\u2019est pas parvenu \u00e0 r\u00e9aliser le moindre tir dans un match de championnat (auquel il a enti\u00e8rement particip\u00e9) pour la premi\u00e8re fois depuis 2009\/2010. ? (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mvsrapp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mvsrapp<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KdXxoIoYXz\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/KdXxoIoYXz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ActuFoot_\/status\/1500474101638516747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Delort makes the difference<\/h2>\n<p>Messi, however, in his defence, was far from the only member of Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s star-studded squad to have struggled across the 90 minutes at the Riviera late last night.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the Argentine, the likes of Neymar and Angel Di Maria too toiled in their efforts to carve out clear-cut opportunities for the visitors, with the absence of the game-changing Kylian Mbappe sorely felt.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, it did not come as all that much of a surprise when it was Nice who eventually bagged the game\u2019s winner late on, courtesy of a fine finish on the part of Andy Delort:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oh Lord, Andy Delort! That\u2019s a ridiculous finish! ?<\/p>\n<p>The Algerian meets the ball first time and rifles it into the roof of the net for Nice!<\/p>\n<p>Keylor Navas didn\u2019t stand a chance! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3F5fqyVSo8\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3F5fqyVSo8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportfootball\/status\/1500227487934173185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/karim-benzema-joins-lionel-messi-in-two-exclusive-clubs-after-real-madrids-downing-of-sociedad\/\">Karim Benzema joins Lionel Messi in two exclusive clubs after Real Madrid\u2019s downing of Sociedad<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/ronaldo-dropped-manchester-united-dealt-severe-blow-as-four-first-team-players-set-to-miss-the-manchester-derby\/\">Ronaldo out? Manchester United dealt severe blow as four first team players set to miss the Manchester Derby<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 An altogether head-turning statistic surrounding the production, or more so lack thereof, on the part of Lionel Messi during Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s meeting with OGC Nice on Saturday has come to the fore online. Argentine icon Messi has of course seen his form regularly called into question of late, amid a trying stint in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-11389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}