Injured Lionel Messi Out Of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League Clash With RB Leipzig
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Lionel Messi scored two second-half goals as Paris Saint-Germain fought back to beat RB Leipzig 3-2 when the sides met in Paris two weeks ago.
Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi will miss Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League clash with RB Leipzig due to injury, his club confirmed Tuesday. The 34-year-old six-time Ballon d'Or winner has a problem with his left hamstring and a painful knee, PSG said, and sits out Wednesday's match away to Leipzig. The Argentinian scored two second-half goals as PSG fought back to beat Leipzig 3-2 when the sides met in Paris two weeks ago. "If you have a player like Messi in your team, you are automatically stronger," replied team-mate Georginio Wijnaldum when asked if Messi would be missed.
"Every game has its own difficulties, we know tomorrow will be tough as Leipzig are a good team. We hope Messi will be back soon," said PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino.
Messi went off at half-time of PSG's 2-1 Ligue 1 victory over Lille last Friday and missed training on Monday.
Even without the four-time Champions League winner, Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch knows PSG will still present his side with "another difficult task" with Kylian Mbappe poised to return to the visitors' line-up.
PSG top their Champions League group with seven points after three matches, a point ahead of last season's beaten finalists Manchester City whilst Leipzig are yet to get off the mark after three defeats.
