By: EFE
By: EFE
The Argentine Lionel Messi , who this Tuesday scored his first goal with the shirt of Paris Saint-Germain in the duel of Champions League vs Manchester City, assured that he wanted to release his locker with his new team .
“I wanted. I had few games yet. It was my second game at this stadium, but I am getting used to the team, the teammates “, Said the former Barcelona player to television with rights.
# CHAMPIONSxESPN Because we know you want to see him again: this was Messi’s first goal with the PSG shirt. It was given to Manchester City, under the watchful eye of Guardiola and in a Park of the Princes that cheered the Argentine until the last second of the game. pic.twitter.com/LLi9ZCnlKr
— SportsCenter ( @SC_ESPN) September 28, 1442991994326843393
Messi, who has played the first two games of the PSG Champions League, did not sign a extraordinary performance, but in a snatch in the minute 74 and after leaning on a wall with Kylian Mbappé, showed his quality by taking the ball to Ederson’s squad .
“ I knew that today was an important day. But we must continue, there are many games left this season “, added the Argentine.
Messi became the first player, together with the French Real Madrid Karim Benzema in mark in 17 consecutive seasons in the Champions League.
The Argentine acknowledged that City dominated the match, but pointed out that “ the important thing was to win, against an immense opponent, one of the candidates for the final victory “, to” forget the draw of the first match ”against Bruges.
Messi assured that the associations with his two trident companions, the Brazilian Neymar and the French Kylian Mbappé are improving “ little by little ”:“ We started to get to know each other and play together, I am sure that we will improve. We have to grow as a team. Tonight we played very well, but we have to give everything and control the games more ”.
“You have to keep calm, we have won an important match against an opponent who has played the same way since a long time ago , with huge players and who has already played a final. It is an important victory but we must continue to improve ”, he stated.
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