[인터풋볼] Reporter Oh Jong-heon = Lionel Messi (33, Barcelona) lowered his head in the round of 16. Cristiano Ronaldo (36, Juventus) also finished the challenge earlier.
Barcelona played against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the 2nd leg of the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League (UCL) in the 2020-21 season held at Parque des Princes in Paris, France at 5 am (KST) on the 11th. Draw with 1. As a result, Barcelona’s total score of 2-5 was frustrating to advance to the quarterfinals.
Barcelona, which absolutely needed to win, pressed PSG from the beginning of the game. However, the first goal was PSG. In the 30th minute of the first half, Mbafe finished the penalty kick that Icardi won. Barcelona balanced. In the 37th minute of the first half, Messi cut the net with a powerful left-footed shot in front of the penalty box.
Barcelona missed the golden opportunity. Three minutes of extra time in the first half were awarded a penalty, but Messi’s kick hit the Navas goalkeeper’s body and hit the crossbar. Eventually, the game of both teams ended in a draw without any further goals.
As a result, Barcelona lost to Bayern Munich 2-8 last season, ending in the quarterfinals, and once again being eliminated early in the UCL tournament. In particular, Messi’s failure to take a penalty kick was overwhelming. Messi, who equalized with a fantastic shot in the 37th minute of the first half, missed the chance for a penalty kick in the extra time in the first half.
If this goal had been scored, the situation could have changed. If Barcelona finished the first half with 2-1, even if they scored two more goals in the second half, the overall score was tied 5-5, leading the game to extension. But with Messi’s missed penalty, that didn’t happen.
In particular, it was the first time since 2005 that Messi and Ronaldo failed to advance to the quarterfinals at the same time. Ronaldo played in the second leg of the round of 16 against Porto on the 10th (Korean time). Juventus won the match 3-2, but in the final total, Porto went up to the quarterfinals according to the principle of multiple goals away from the game.
At the time, Ronaldo struggled with assisting Kiesa’s opening goal, but was caught turning his head just before shooting in the scene of Oliveira’s free kick goal in the second half of the extra-time, which was also criticized. Messi and Ronaldo, who have divided the football world over the past 10 years, are unfortunately ending their UCL schedule this season.
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