We knew, Lionel Messi, that you wanted to leave, and you are just a paper hero, Kylian Mbappe!

Paris Saint-Germain fell at its stadium, “Park des Princes”, with a goal without a response, against Lyon, at the top of the 29th round of the 2022-23 season competitions of the French League Championship.

The loss froze Paris Saint-Germain’s balance at 66 points in the lead, six points ahead of runner-up Lance, while Lyon raised its score to 41 points in tenth place.

Of course, during the match, the spotlight was on the stars of Paris Saint-Germain, the Argentine Lionel Messi, and the Frenchman Kylian Mbappe.

But the duo was unable to help Paris Saint-Germain win against its rivals, and move one step closer to achieving the “Ligue 1” title.

Perhaps the most famous duo in world football showed a faded version of what he did with Argentina and France during the recent international break.

What did Lionel Messi do in front of Lyon in the French League?

It was clear how much Messi was affected by the news about his future, and by the boos that the Paris Saint-Germain ultras launched against him before the start of the match.

Messi started the match and participated in all its minutes, but, of course, he did not score or make, given the final result of the match.

Messi touched the ball 98 times in total during the match, and made 67 passes, of which 54 were correct, with an accuracy of 81%, and made five key passes that were not used.

The exciting number was Messi’s loss of possession 26 times during the match, and he hit the ball three times, including once between the posts and the crossbar, once outside the frame, and another that was blocked by the defense.

What did Kylian Mbappe do against Lyon in the French League?

Just like Messi, Kylian Mbappe started the match, participating in all the minutes without succeeding in scoring or assisting.

The France captain touched the ball 68 times during the match, made 45 passes, including 36 correct passes, with an accuracy of 80%, and made one key pass that was not used.

It seems that Mbappe decided to follow Messi’s approach in terms of shooting against Lyon, as he provided the same numbers for the Argentine.

Mbappe lost possession 21 times while facing Lyon players, which is a big number for the French international.

Mbappe missed presenting his best version at the most important time Paris Saint-Germain needed, to raise doubts again about his ability to be the leader of the French team at this stage.