MESSI DIDN'T CELEBRATE MBAPPE's GOAL against REAL and 5 other things we noticed | PSG REAL MADRID “We had a very, very good game. The players played as a great team. We controlled the game from the first minute to the last, up until the goal. It was a perfect game,” and these were the words of the satisfied PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi. COURTOIS = THE WORLD’S BEST GOALKEEPER? As we have already mentioned, the score 1:0 does not reflect the advantage that the Parisians should have had! It's all the fault of his Majesty Thibaut Courtois! The goalkeeper, who was heavily criticized by the Madrid media in his first season at Santiago Bernabéu, is now considered one of the world’s best goalies! It was he who carried Real to Parc des Princes! 40 million euros for his transfer from Chelsea were a short change at current rates! Courtois made 9 saves throughout the match, and it was largely thanks to him that Real did not leave for Spain with lots of shots conceded. Definitely the best player in the Ancelotti squad that evening! Moreover, the fact of him reflecting a penalty take from Lionel Messi deserves a separate spot. It turns out that for the Belgian it was a fairly simple task: “As for the penalty I saved from Messi, I worked a lot on technique in training. I knew that I would jump to my left, as Messi had not scored several times when he hit in the opposite direction. It was obvious that in a game of this level of importance, he would shoot in the most confident direction for himself. In the match against Nice, he did just that, so I easily made the right decision in the end," revealed the Belgian performer. Kylian Mbappe is the man of the match and the future football king! "Mbappe is unstoppable, we have tried to control him, Militao has done very well but he can always invent something and he invented it at the last minute," Ancelotti noted. “Mbappé is an alien. He produces a show on the pitch & off of it, he is a player apart," Donnarumma told Sky Italia. And many, many compliments to the spectacular Kylian Mbappe followed! He was PSG's lethal weapon and rightly was named the man of the match: earned a penalty, created several killing chances, terrorized Carvajal and half of the Madrid squad, and finally - managed to scored a phenomenal goal solo! After his success, everyone just went: “Mbappe is the best player in the world!” and “PSG is the TEAM of KYLIAN MBAPPE, not the team of Leo Messi or Neymar.” Indeed, the departure of Mbappe next summer could be an actual tragedy for the Paris Saint-Germain project, but now Kylian does not even think about it: “I don’t need a match with Real Madrid to realize that I play for one of the best clubs in the world. I'm happy at PSG," the French striker said after the game. MESSI did not celebrate PSG's goal? He is really unhappy! Messi received a 3 out of 10 score from L'Équipe for his performance versus Real Madrid - the worst among PSG performers. And such sad results of Leo's play often come up after the Red and Blues games. Okay, Messi created 5 scoring chances - a great number, but against the backdrop of Mbappe and even Neymar the Argentine absolutely faded away. Perhaps we got to see the final transformation of Messi as a professional - from now on he plays as a midfielder with the role of an assistant, who arranges attacking attempts, but has no more strength to finish them. “He is a shadow of himself”, “In Barcelona we saw the real Messi'', “Messi retired ahead of schedule, he is no longer a top performer!” - how many such comments have you seen after the first tie? .. We personally have seen A LOT! A missed penalty in such a moment illustrates Messi's entire spell at PSG - Leo got a little lost in this team, despite them trying to comfort him, everything shows that he is unhappy and NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE BARCELONA IN THE FIRST PLACE. Journalist Maria Garrido drew attention to the fact of Messi rather calmly celebrating Mbappe's last minute winner. They objected to her by posting pictures of a smiling Leo, although she rightly noted that in Barca Messi celebrated in a completely different way - more enthusiastically, with a lightning fast reaction. Here is his celebration of a goal against Sevilla in last year's Copa del Rey - for comparison. There is something telling to note in this behavior. Don’t you agree? And that’s all for our top match analysis between PSG and Real Madrid! Friends, the Inside Football channel was with you! We watch football from a different angle! Subscribe and stay with us! Bye Bye! #messi #mbappe #psgrealmadrid #championsleague #football