The history of Alexis Sánchez versus Lionel Messi: statistics and matches by clubs and national team

This Wednesday a new edition of ‘Le Classique’ was held in between Paris Saint-Germain And Olympic Marseilleas part of the round of 16 of the French cup.

This meeting had key players Lionel Messi And Alexis Sanchezthe two great emblems of Argentina and Chile, which have a short but rich history of confrontations.

At the Orange Vélodrome, La Roja’s top scorer will once again meet the star of Rosario with whom he shared a Udinese dressing room during his time in Barcelona. In fact, his debut with the Barça shirt came in the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid, an instance in which he assisted the world champion with the Albiceleste in the first leg, adding his first title with the Camp Nou team despite not being present used to be. in the rematch due to injury.

The record marks 14 clashes between the two football players, six at club level and five were defeats for the Niño Maravilla. The first match they faced was in the 2016 Champions League round of 16, when the Chilean striker Arsenal. At the Emirates Stadium, and with both starting, it was a 0-2 win with a brace for the Argentine, while in Spain it was resolved with a 3-1 win in favor of the blaugrana Entry into quarters with another goal from the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner.

Then they clashed again in the 2018-19 version when the Wonder Boy took the shirt off the Manchester United. At home, Barça triumphed 3–0 in the quarter-finals of the second leg with another two conquests by Albiceleste’s captain and another by Philippe Coutinho to seal a 4–0 aggregate. In that game, Sánchez started from the substitution bench, while at Old Trafford he was not eligible for the then coach of the Red Devils Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Then they met again in the 2019-2020 Champions League with the one who trained in Cobreloa in the ranks of the Inter de Milan. On the second day of the group stage, the Tocopilla-born man was a star in the 2-1 defeat, while in the rematch (1-2, at San Siro) he was out of contention for Antonio Conte. Likewise, on October 16, they battled for the eleventh date of Ligue 1, and it was a 1-0 celebration for the locals thanks to a lone capture by Neymar. Finally, he achieved his first victory against the world champions with the Albiceleste after beating PSG in the round of 16 of the French Cup.

At national team level, they have met 8 times with four wins for the Argentinian, two for the former Colo Colo and two draws. Messi’s only two defeats to Alexis came on penalties in La Roja’s two Copa América titles. In that sense, the Chilean never beat him in the 90 regulation minutes.

It should be remembered that the Paris team comes to this event as the absolute leader of the national tournament with 54 points, surpassing Les Phocéens (second in the standings) with eight.

In the tournament, the Chilean played 19 games (16 of them as a starter), playing 1,395 minutes in which he contributed with seven conquests making him remain the Olympic goalscorer, surpassing Nuno Tavares. While the Argentinian was great in 18 with Les Rouge et Bleu (1582′) celebrating ten goals and delivering the same number of assists. At the moment, he remains his team’s third top scorer behind Kylian Mbappé and Neymar (13 and 12 respectively).

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Marseille goals table:

The list of PSG gunners: