Lionel Messi endured another disappointing evening for Paris Saint-Germain on Friday evening.

The Argentine was named in the starting lineup for his side's Ligue 1 clash against Lille at the Parc des Princes.

But he was far from his best during his time on the pitch.

Messi put in a lacklustre performance and was subbed off at half-time with PSG losing 1-0.

Mauricio Pochettino later confirmed that the legendary forward was taken off as a precaution after appearing to have hurt his leg.

Messi has now played in five Ligue 1 games for PSG.

He is still awaiting his first goal in the league and hasn't even recorded an assist as of yet.

He's been so far from his best that, according to statistics provided by WhoScored.com, he has only been the 126th best player in Ligue 1 so far this season.

His average rating of 6.75 places arguably the greatest player of all time outside the top 100.

View the top 10 best players in Ligue 1 so far this season below...

10. Sofiane Boufal - 7.31

9. Ludovic Ajorque - 7.35

8. Jonathan Clauss - 7.35

7. Neymar - 7.36

6. Idrissa Gueye - 7.37

5. Amine Gouiri - 7.46

4. Kamaldeen Sulemana - 7.48

3. Téji Savanier - 7.68

2. Kylian Mbappé - 7.80

1. Dimitri Payet - 7.94

Selected others:

21. Moussa Dembele - 7.18

34. Angel Di Maria - 7.10

52. William Saliba - 6.98
54. Marco Verratti - 6.96

66. Matteo Guendouzi - 6.93

68. Wissam Ben Yedder - 6.91

94. Xherdan Shaqiri - 6.81
Messi really has had a disastrous start to life at PSG.

La Liga is considered a tougher league than Ligue 1. Thus, Messi was expected to dominate France's top tier straight away.

But that hasn't materialised.

He's had multiple injury problems and has struggled to produce when he's on the pitch.

PSG's other two star players - Mbappe and Neymar - haven't struggled as much, with both in the league's top 10 players this season when it comes to statistics.

It's surely only a matter of time until Messi is back to his brilliant best, but it's still surprising it's taken this long for him to get going at his new club.

He is still booting...

All these one na story wey no add up... U don't expect him to shine all the time... Generation to generation will still see him as greater footballer when they watch his highlights

Lol... Baba don cast...

Of course wat do u expect, even wen Ronaldo was in Juve all the league awards was going to Him.
Ligue-1 will always make Him to look like the best but the truth is dat He has been unlucky via scoring goals, but he is doing good in d pitch

Dem nor well

but he have 3 gaols is 3 ucl games dis season
but he scored a very brilliant goal against city DTS last year UCL finalist n the king of EPL for more than 5 years wit dt same PSG
UCL is the main dormain for champions n as long as leo keeps scoring n PSG keeps progressing, I no see any need for him scoring in d same league u all called "farmers" league
PSG will always win d league without his goal n it would be a good win if the form n goals is produced in dt UCL..
him having a good UCL stats means well for Paris,...case closed..

Polynek:
Of course wat do u expect, even wen Ronaldo was in Juve all the league awards was going to Him.
Ligue-1 will always make Him to look like the best but the truth is dat He has been unlucky via scoring goals, but he is doing good in d pitch

cr7 dominated d league bt didn't do same in UCL....wetin end d story?? csn juve say it was a good deal??

Mightymosco:
Lol... Baba don cast...

no b small casting...at least e de deliver for ucl and he no de chop 5 unreplied goals for league..

Bigredmachine:
All these one na story wey no add up... U don't expect him to shine all the time... Generation to generation will still see him as greater footballer when they watch his highlights

media go always talk..I wonder wetin dm.for talk if leo shine for league bt no score for UCL..I jus wonder

dawnomike:
He is still booting...

bootinng but he de deliver for ucl....3 goals in 3 games no bad na

dawnomike:
He is still booting...

bootinng but he de deliver for ucl....3 goals in 3 games no bad na

paulolee:

no b small casting...at least e de deliver for ucl and he no de chop 5 unreplied goals for league..

shut up dere...bayern wey chop 5 goals nko.

Mightymosco:
shut up dere...bayern wey chop 5 goals nko.

guy, talk without insult or I avoid u....u want compare united miseries with dt of dose german mavhine?
Bayern lost 5-0 bt u fit count d number of teams DM don massacre only dis season??
u hear anything about to sack dier coach after dt big lost?
I no even know how una take de compare tinz..
I jus pray mk dt same bayern catch united for UCL...mk we see how far

See Paulolee wey dey defend Pessi

paulolee:

bootinng but he de deliver for ucl....3 goals in 3 games no bad na

Messi has not shined in the UCL, scoring a penalty and a tap in while ghosting all through the game is not my idea of shining . Mbappe has been PSG's glory this season . Mbappe and Di Maria are PSG's saviours this season and maybe Hakimi . Messi has been absolute shitty this season, only a wasteful dreamer will believe him winning the balon d'or ever again. He doesn't even deserve to be in the top 5

cr7lomo:


Messi has not shined in the UCL, scoring a penalty and a tap in while ghosting all through the game is not my idea of shining . Mbappe has been PSG's glory this season . Mbappe and Di Maria are PSG's saviours this season and maybe Hakimi . Messi has been absolute shitty this season, only a wasteful dreamer will believe him winning the balon d'or ever again. He doesn't even deserve to be in the top 5

lolz....he won d copa with argentina n still he doesnt deserve to be top5 simply means ur cr7 no deserve top 50....how u c am

paulolee:

lolz....he won d copa with argentina n still he doesnt deserve to be top5 simply means ur cr7 no deserve top 50....how u c am

Was he the only one that won copa? He ghosted as usual in important games like the semi final and final against worthy opponents. He did not win la liga player of the season or Barcelona player of the season . Quater final in Euros is even a bigger achievement than winning copa. Winning a tournament doesn't equate to winning a great tournament. Y'all say bayern have no worthy opponents apart from dortmund, same with the copa , no worthy opponent apart from Brazil. The tournament features either Brazil or Argentina, or both in every final. Even important games last season like the El classico , games against juve or atletico. Infact he scored only one goal against the top 7. De Jong won Barcelona player of the season and Greizmann won copa dey Ray player of the tournament. Messi and Barcelona failed to beat any top team last season over both legs . How he is mentioned amongst top 3 is baffling. He plays in the farmers league and also won a farmers cup in South America. His PR team must be outstanding for him to have even been nominated amongst possible winners in the balon d'or

cr7lomo:


Was he the only one that won copa? He ghosted as usual in important games like the semi final and final against worthy opponents. He did not win la liga player of the season or Barcelona player of the season . Quater final in Euros is even a bigger achievement than winning copa. Winning a tournament doesn't equate to winning a great tournament. Y'all say bayern have no worthy opponents apart from dortmund, same with the copa , no worthy opponent apart from Brazil. The tournament features either Brazil or Argentina, or both in every final. Even important games last season like the El classico , games against juve or atletico. Infact he scored only one goal against the top 7. De Jong won Barcelona player of the season and Greizmann won copa dey Ray player of the tournament. Messi and Barcelona failed to beat any top team last season over both legs . How he is mentioned amongst top 3 is baffling. He plays in the farmers league and also won a farmers cup in South America. His PR team must be outstanding for him to have even been nominated amongst possible winners in the balon d'or

messi won d best player....most goals scored n most assit in dt copa..
was d best player all tru dt copa...

paulolee:

messi won d best player....most goals scored n most assit in dt copa..
was d best player all tru dt copa...

Scoring Ecuador and Bolivia? Man for man , Ronaldo outperformed messi over the year. Winning the copa is no different from Rangers winning the Scottish Premier league. Imagine the best player in Rangers coming above the best player in Liverpool last season because he won a league title with Rangers while Liverpool finished 3rd in the toughest league in the world. If South American teams were as good as they claim, they would have been doing incredibly well in the world cup. The have only won it 2 times in the last 8 attempts and its only Brazil, they haven't even won it in the past 20yrs and will certainly not even make the final again next year .

cr7lomo:


Scoring Ecuador and Bolivia? Man for man , Ronaldo outperformed messi over the year. Winning the copa is no different from Rangers winning the Scottish Premier league. Imagine the best player in Rangers coming above the best player in Liverpool last season because he won a league title with Rangers while Liverpool finished 3rd in the toughest league in the world. If South American teams were as good as they claim, they would have been doing incredibly well in the world cup. The have only won it 2 times in the last 8 attempts and its only Brazil, they haven't even won it in the past 20yrs and will certainly not even make the final again next year .

guy abeg stop all dis funny rants. south american are bad but na small Uruguay outclass n dumped ur Portugal with ur almighty cr7 out of world cup....u sure say u know Wetin u de talk?
cr7 with his bad performance last season n his disastrous stats against Porto both home n away in ucl, abi na him uselessness against Belgium for euros naim u take de compare messi stats?
abeg e don do....u win

paulolee:

guy abeg stop all dis funny rants. south american are bad but na small Uruguay outclass n dumped ur Portugal with ur almighty cr7 out of world cup....u sure say u know Wetin u de talk?
cr7 with his bad performance last season n his disastrous stats against Porto both home n away in ucl, abi na him uselessness against Belgium for euros naim u take de compare messi stats?
abeg e don do....u win

But u did not mention that he was top scorer in the Euros. Now u are saying his performance was disastrous last season, this is why I dont like arguing with messi fans, its like u people have abnormalities in reason . What did messi achieve last season that Ronaldo did not achieve? Same Porto that Liverpool could not defeat, same Porto that defeated Chelsea in the quarters. Next thing u will mention lyon, same lyon that knocked out city in the quarters. And u will run to Ajax , same ajax that destroyed real madrid and Bayern could not defeat that year and were seconds away from the final that year. Have you seen the position of juventus in the league presently? Its worse that Barca's. Even allegri confirmed that juventus is now a mid class team and no different from sossualo and verona . Talking about Uruguay beating Portugal, Argentina cudnt beat Iceland and were destroyed by Croatia. Uruguay is the 3rd best south American team by achievements, on the other hand Portugal is the 8th best European team by achievements. The Euros is like the Premiership while copa is like Portuguese or French league. Its a plumbers cup

cr7lomo:


But u did not mention that he was top scorer in the Euros. Now u are saying his performance was disastrous last season, this is why I dont like arguing with messi fans, its like u people have abnormalities in reason . What did messi achieve last season that Ronaldo did not achieve? Same Porto that Liverpool could not defeat, same Porto that defeated Chelsea in the quarters. Next thing u will mention lyon, same lyon that knocked out city in the quarters. And u will run to Ajax , same ajax that destroyed real madrid and Bayern could not defeat that year and were seconds away from the final that year. Have you seen the position of juventus in the league presently? Its worse that Barca's. Even allegri confirmed that juventus is now a mid class team and no different from sossualo and verona . Talking about Uruguay beating Portugal, Argentina cudnt beat Iceland and were destroyed by Croatia. Uruguay is the 3rd best south American team by achievements, on the other hand Portugal is the 8th best European team by achievements. The Euros is like the Premiership while copa is like Portuguese or French league. Its a plumbers cup

I doff my hat for you with your round leather analysis.