How Messi lived the hours after PSG's defeat in the Champions League and the whole truth of the rumors about his departure

After the elimination against Real Madrid, PSG lives in a constant earthquake that encourages rumors of the departure of its stars. How did the number 30 digest what happened? Who accompanied him in the most difficult hours? Can you leave France?

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Knowing what Messi feels is easier than knowing what Messi thinks. At times it's an enigma. Their faces may show joy or uneasiness, illusion or annoyance, comfort or tiredness. From there to guessing his next move is a long way. Leo is not known that much in depth. It has nothing to do with the more than 310 million followers on Instagram or a life on television. Being known doesn't mean you know it. He always took care of his intimate world. He did not allow him to widen his small table with the crack friends. To the point that those who enter his house and even those who have the iphone number that is an extension of his hand are counted. From that perspective, his lost gaze after the defeat against Madrid showed his pain. And his silence in response to the whistles was a way to hide the anger. It is enough to watch him leave the stadium in Madrid, and stunned from the Parque de los Princes to know it.

Then, in order to advance his reaction, what is seen is not enough. It forces you to dive in your privacy. That is where it is discovered that these days were hard, even if their environment responds that “Leo is fine”. He let himself be contained more in his family than in the distraction of chatting with friends, for example. It's just a detail, but they say he didn't interact as much or as quickly. And he even preferred to avoid some way out of obligation. The last few days were not happy in Paris, but it doesn't mean that today Messi sees Barcelona as a haven of peace.

Whistling Messi - in football terms - speaks more about whistling than about whistling. Even if he takes revenge from a catastrophe fall, it is very rare to see his own fans attacking the best player in the world. And Neymar himself. “Football without memory”, titled Luis Suárez, the third of that chat group that was set up in the times of Barcelona. On this side of the world, Gallardo asked to escape false patriotism because in Argentina we also “mistreat Messi”. El Muñeco referred to mercilessly attacks. That they existed, so much so that a while ago Messi revealed a talk with Thiago. That time his eldest son, who was six years old, after surfing YouTube, asked him: “Why are they killing you in Argentina, Daddy?” And there was once a familiar reaction to the episode in Paris. In the 2011 Copa América, after the ugly 0 to 0 with Colombia, the national team retired was a nut from Santa Fe. The difference is that the failure went to the team.

Other football voices went further and advised Leo to leave PSG now. It's not so simple with a millionaire contract that was signed for two years and other commitments. Despite these difficulties - and because it is not a decision that Messi made - more than one upgraded the volume to a Spanish version that says that Jorge Messi has already contacted Barcelona for the alleged plan return of his son. Close to the 10th, that wink is strongly dismissed. What's more: they remember that Messi felt that they “kicked him out” from the club he made a giant.

Messi's last contact with Barcelona was the day he said goodbye crying. On August 8, the bond with Laporta was broken. Beyond his sadness for the cameras, the president did not go to great lengths to retain the most important player in his history. That's the place Messi has in a club where Maradona, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Iniesta played... Nor is the “viral data” conclusive. Messi going to Xavi's birthday, his former teammate and now coach, can add clicks without meaning that he prepares the return. The fact that Antonela travels home does not reveal that she is already preparing the move. It is known that Leo and his family are locals in Castelldefels, but for now they do not define the return. Even if there are some situations to improve in Paris. It is no longer the place to live, which was initially a luxurious hotel and is long ago in a house in the district of Di Maria y Paredes.

After adapting to life in Paris, Leo's gaze is focused on football

The subject is mostly football. The team showed its best and worst face against Madrid. For an hour he reached the top version of the Pochettino team and Donnarumma's mistake broke his head. The fatalistic spirit that took hold of PSG, the mystique of the stadium, all pushed the stage fright that Valdano talks about. Messi knows. It hurts and bothers him, taking responsibility. In the same way, he saw that until this series, the Dream Team was a team with little play and strikers who were at a different speed than the rest of the team. Leo can't like that style either - so different from the one he enjoyed in another Barcelona - even though he parades in the French league.

Fame and money generate power. But even Messi can't do what he comes up with. He couldn't leave Barcelona when he packed up - the days of the famous burofax - and then he had to say goodbye when he didn't want to. It is true that it will have to be seen which club model is left now that it was failed in the Champions League. Mbappé has been flirting with Madrid for a long time and specifies shortly. Neymar, another one of the wackos, sometimes seems sick of the pressure. Pochettino has been looking for a replacement since before he lost...

Despite this scenario, the sheik could take out his wallet again or define a plan more aimed at assembling a team. One way or another, in France they say he thinks so since Messi. And Leo is grateful to a club that went looking for him and showed him a new world. He had found great news there after he left Spain. Rare in a crack like Messi, but they had never presented him in a club, they had never received him like that, he had never had so many new teammates. In the band, the press had never executed it like in Paris. The 3 points of L'Equipe made a noise... That sounds like a peripheral malaise, though. If you sign up for the important thing, the bad thing is that Leo has a long year left. He has to turn around in the league, take a vacation, start the other Champions League and it is only in November that his last World Cup begins. The good thing is that next week he will play again in Argentina. And today Messi feels happier in the National Team than in any team in the world.

On Friday, March 25, he will play again with the Argentine national team (Photo: Reuters)

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