{"id":9194,"date":"2023-05-12T23:25:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T23:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/lionel-messi-argentina-captain-to-start-for-paris-st-germain-for-first-time-since-suspension\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T23:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T23:25:58","slug":"lionel-messi-argentina-captain-to-start-for-paris-st-germain-for-first-time-since-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/lionel-messi-argentina-captain-to-start-for-paris-st-germain-for-first-time-since-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi: Argentina captain to start for Paris St-Germain for first time since suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1\">\n<figure class=\"gs-u-mt0 gs-u-mb-alt+ story-body__media story-body__media--figure qa-story-body-media story-body__media--lead\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$image-0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block story-body__media\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0\"><span class=\"gs-u-display-block gs-o-responsive-image\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$image-0.0.0\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"gel-brevier gs-u-ph+ gs-u-pv-alt story-body__media__caption story-body__media__caption--image\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$image-0.1\">Messi has scored 15 goals and provided 15 assists in 28 Ligue 1 games for PSG this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p role=\"introduction\" class=\"qa-introduction gel-pica-bold\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-1.0\">Lionel Messi will return to Paris St-Germain&#8217;s starting line-up on Saturday for the first time since making an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">The Ligue 1 leaders, who have suffered three defeats in their past four home games, face AC Ajaccio on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-4.0\">&#8220;He [Messi] will start tomorrow,&#8221; PSG manager Christophe Galtier said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">&#8220;I spoke with him on Tuesday to see what his mindset was and I found him very determined to play.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">Messi, who has a role as a tourism ambassador for Saudi Arabia, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/65498845\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.$link-2.0\">apologised to his team-mates<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.3\"> last Friday for making the unauthorised trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.0\">The 35-year-old returned to training on Monday having been left out of the squad for their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/65510146\" class=\"story-body__internal-link\" title=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.$link-2.0\">3-1 win at Troyes<\/span><\/a><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-7.3\"> the previous day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-8.0\">&#8220;He&#8217;s very eager to win that title,&#8221; Galtier added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-9.0\">&#8220;With him in the team we&#8217;ll have to adjust compared to what we did against Troyes. Leo is Leo. I&#8217;m not going to go into statistics but when he&#8217;s with us we have to strike a different balance.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10\"><span data-reactid=\".y255d09k8k.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-10.0\">Messi is set to leave PSG when his contract expires in the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/65573229?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Messi has scored 15 goals and provided 15 assists in 28 Ligue 1 games for PSG this season Lionel Messi will return to Paris St-Germain&#8217;s starting line-up on Saturday for the first time since making an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia. The Ligue 1 leaders, who have suffered three defeats in their past four home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9196,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194\/revisions\/9196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}