Lionel Messi initiates the conflict of interest in the UEFA Champions League and sends a warning to Real Madrid

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The UEFA Campions League reached one of its most important. The knockout stages of the tournament matched the 16 better teams after the group stage. One of the biggest candidates is Paris Saint-Germain with Lionel Messi in the attack front . However, due to chance, the French team will face the almighty Real Madrid.

In this sense the conflict of interest begins. Lionel Messi will return to Spain to face him Greatest rival of his entire career . This time it will not have the colors of FC Barcelona, ​​but it will have a team full of stars. Under these circumstances, “La Pulga” defined their goal, regardless of whether they had run into Real Madrid.

“ The objective is to achieve everything we play. Obviously, the objective of PSG is the Champions League, which has been trying to achieve it and was very close. I think it’s everyone’s goal. It is a special competition for all the great teams. We must go to win and continue advancing “, expressed the Argentine in his presence at the” Expo Dubai “.

In this sense, their interests are in conflict with those of the merengue team. The team led by Carlo Ancelotti surpassed Group D comfortably by taking five of the six possible victories and only conceding three goals against.