PSG beat Juventus 2-1 with two goals from Kylian Mbappé in the first Champions League Group H match. Lionel Messi, who started as a starter and did not have his best performance, ended up being replaced and people keep looking for an explanation for this.
This is the third time this season that the Argentine has been replaced before completing the 90'. Although Christophe Galtier had recently come out to minimize the situation and stressed that it was only a matter of preserving the 35-year-old's physical condition, a video had gone viral for an alleged reaction of La Pulga.
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Now, looking as if he did not agree but without gesticulating, the former Barcelona player left the field with a lukewarm salute to Carlos Soler, who made his debut, and it all ended there. He had previously been replaced by Hakimi against Toulouse (83') and by Sarabia against Monaco (87'), a match that generated repercussions because the score was 1-1 at the time of the change.
Galtier favors Mbappé
It's no secret that Leo Messi doesn't like to leave the field. But the PSG coach keeps choosing him to come on. This has raised questions about the coach's motives for taking him off instead of Neymar or Mbappé. Galtier is showing that he wants to give Mbappé more prominence and make him the star of the team over Neymar and Messi.
