In the early morning of February 12, Beijing time, the 25th round of the Ligue 1 competition began to compete, and in this round, Paris Saint-Germain welcomed the challenge of Rennes at home. With Kylian Mbappe's killer goal in the final moments of the match, Paris narrowly won 1-0 to usher in a four-game winning streak in Ligue 1.
Mbappe was credited with the win over Paris in this match, who calmly shot in the last minute to help the team break the deadlock. It was Messi who provided Mbappe with an assist, with his precise pass tearing open the opponent's defence and making Mbappe's killer goal easier.
Although he failed to score in this game, Messi helped the team with goals. After delivering one assist in this game, Messi has averaged 1 goal per game in the last 10 games in Paris. Although still far from his peak, Messi has emerged from the slump he had at the beginning of his time with Paris, and his performance on the field was gradually improving.
Messi has played a total of 20 games in all competitions in Paris this season, including 18 of which have started. In those 20 games, Messi scored seven goals and assisted seven times. In the last 10 games, Messi has scored 3 goals and provided 7 assists, which is significantly better than his first 10 games.
After delivering one assist in this game, Messi is approaching another milestone moment in his career. It was Messi's 199th assist in the big five leagues and was just one step away from the 200 assist milestone. Of those 199 assists, 192 were delivered in La Liga and seven in Ligue 1. It is believed that in the next few games, Messi will usher in the unprecedented milestone of 200 assists in the five major leagues.