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French newspaper L'Equipe gave Lionel Messi an astonishingly bad rating after Barcelona's embarrassing Champions League defeat

French newspaper L'Equipe gave Lionel Messi an astonishingly bad rating after Barcelona's embarrassing Champions League defeat
French newspaper L'Equipe gave Lionel Messi an astonishingly bad rating after Barcelona's embarrassing Champions League defeat French newspaper L'Equipe gave Lionel Messi an astonishingly bad rating after Barcelona's embarrassing Champions League defeat

Anything less than a 10/10 performance in the Champions League from Argentinian Lionel Messi is usually received with raised eyebrows, so to see him receive 2/10 from one French newspaper was something of a shock.

That is, unless you actually watched the 29-year-old during Barcelona’s 4-0 defeat to Paris St-Germain. The Catalan side were generally poor, but Messi’s contribution among them was noticeably weak.

Is this the first 2/10 Messi has ever received?

In fairness, Messi wasn’t the only player to receive a two – Luis Suarez, Andres Iniesta, Andre Gomes and Jordi Alba all received the same rating, while PSG’s Angel Di Maria and Adrien Rabiot received 9/10 scores.It was a colossal failure from the five-time Champions League winners, who now have the unenviable task of attempting to become the first team in the tournament’s history to overturn a four-goal first-leg deficit.

The statistics don’t provide any comfort for Luis Enrique’s players either – you’re significantly reducing your chances of scoring there, chaps.

Others pointed the finger squarely at the manager, but was this simply a blip for modern football’s greatest team?

Keep your eyes on Lionel in the second leg, folks.