Messi was among four Paris Saint-Germain players who returned positive results on Sunday. Meanwhile,Liverpool’s coronavirus outbreak has taken a toll.
Lionel Messi’s Paris Saint-Germain were originally drawn to face Cristiano Ronaldo’s Manchester United but UEFA had to perform the whole process again after a mistake.
RB Leipzig booked a Europa League spot with just their second win of the group stage while in Paris Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi split the goals in a 4-1 rout.
The English heavyweights stayed top of Group A after a 2-1 victory in Manchester while there were also wins for Real Madrid,Liverpool,Sporting and Ajax.
Aminata Diallo and one other person were detained over an attack on teammate Kheira Hamraoui which evoked memories of the assault on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.
The incident evokes memories of the 1994 assault on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan,who was attacked in a plot orchestrated by the ex-husband of a rival skater,Tonya Harding.
Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah scored doubles for PSG and Liverpool respectively while Manchester City,Real Madrid and Ajax all recorded big wins.
The star recruit finally fired to break PSG’s long losing streak against City,while an 89th-minute strike gave Sheriff three points against the original Galacticos.
Making his first start for Paris,Messi hit the woodwork but was otherwise far from his brilliant best alongside the hugely disappointing Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
The 34-year-old is yet to feature for the French giants after joining them from Barcelona and he was presented to the fans ahead of PSG’s 4-2 home win over Strasbourg.
The Ballon d’Or holder wants to be king of Europe once more after signing an eye-watering deal with Qatar-backed French giants Paris Saint-Germain.