The signs were all there at Parc des Princes for paranoid Barcelona fans who fear Lionel Messi will follow the path of Neymar and bolt for Paris Saint-Germain once the season ends.
The six-time Ballon d'Or winner had a penalty saved by goalkeeper Keylor Navas on the stroke of halftime, his first miss from the spot in the Champions League since 2015.
With Barca trailing early in the match, Messi took matters into this own hands, smashing an unstoppable shot past Navas with ferocious power.
It is the first time since 2005 that neither Messi nor his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo have reached the last eight of the Champions League.
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Five days after being beaten 4-1 by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, Ronald Koeman’s side saw two points slip away when substitute Álex Fernández converted an 88th-minute penalty conceded by Clement Lenglet.
After Messi put Barcelona ahead from the penalty spot, Mbappé netted a hat trick at the Camp Nou Stadium on Tuesday to give PSG a 4-1 win in the first leg of their round-of-16 matchup.
Messi scored two screamers in his record-equaling 505th La Liga appearance for Barcelona to help them stay in touch with leader Atlético Madrid.
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Messi showed why Barcelona agreed to keep him an extremely rich man when on Sunday he acted as Ronald Koeman’s super-sub, scoring one goal and setting up another to help Barcelona earn a 3-2 win at Real Betis.
Details of Messi’s 555 million euro ($671 million) contract over four seasons were released by the El Mundo newspaper on Sunday, upsetting the club and instigating the promise of lawsuits.
Lionel Messi was at his lethal best on Sunday night when the Barcelona striker scored a mesmerising free-kick goal in 2-1 victory over Athletic Club.
The Argentine great opened the scoring in the 20th minute with a free-kick shot that curled over the wall and found the top corner for his 12th league goal.
A Spanish daily said it had access to the document Messi signed with Barcelona in 2017, which included fixed incomes and variables that could reach nearly 138 million euros ($167 million) each season.
The Argentine scores a goal and sets up another in a 2-1 win over Rayo Vallecano in the round of 16.
Messi has not played in the Copa del Rey this season but coach Ronald Koeman is expected to use him in the round-of-16 game after missing two matches because of a suspension.
The club's annual financial report shows they also have a short-term debt of €730m while the current wage bill is more than the league limit of 70 per cent.
Messi could be suspended for up to 12 games for the red card he received in the final minutes of his team’s 3-2 loss to Athletic Bilbao in Seville on Sunday.
Iñaki Williams' goal in extra time gave Athletic the lead and a come-from-behind win.
Barcelona's all-time leading scorer has been nursing an unspecified fitness issue that caused coach Ronald Koeman to leave him out of the semifinal on Wednesday against Real Sociedad.
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