On Friday, Messi featured in Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Venezuela, his country having already secured their place in Qatar in November
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Messi suffered a knock on his left knee, and an MRI scan earlier confirmed signs of a bone contusion.
Lionel Messi made limited impact on his Parc des Princes debut during the match.
Entering the field for the first time in the unfamiliar dark blue of PSG, Messi’s arrival and first touch were greeted with enthusiastic cheers from the 6,000 travelling fans.
The 34-year-old, who joined PSG on a two-year deal after leaving Barcelona, has only trained for two days since winning the Copa America with Argentina in July.
The 29-year-old said “happiness” was the main factor in signing a new deal.
After a frustrating first 45 minutes in south London, it was City’s record goalscorer who broke the deadlock with a superb finish and Ferran Torres wrapped up the points soon after following a fine curled effort.
The Premier League leaders were stung by an early Marquinhos goal as the hosts dominated the first half of a high-quality encounter at the Parc des Princes.
Icardi scored early on when he converted from Julian Draxler’s pass and Vincent Manceau netted an own goal.
Mauricio Pochettino’s men had edged a thrilling first-leg clash 3-2 in Munich, and saw Neymar denied by the woodwork twice before Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting bundled the Germans in front on the night with a close-range header just before half-time.
Three days after a lacklustre performance during a 1-1 draw at Saint-Etienne in Pochettino’s debut, PSG failed to impress again
Moise Kean cancelled out Romain Hamouma’s opener in the first half but PSG were unable to find the net again.
Pochettino, who played for PSG as a defender in the early 2000s, and also captained the side, has been unemployed since being dismissed by Spurs in November 2019.
French sports daily L’Equipe and German newspaper Bild said the 47-year-old, who helped PSG reach the Champions League final in August, which they lost to Bayern Munich, was dismissed after Wednesday’s 4-0 win over Racing Strasbourg.
The 42-year-old Argentine, who also played for Paris St-Germain and Real Madrid, has agreed a two-year deal.
RMC sport and sports daily L’Equipe said he had died aged 73 after having a heart operation in Paris.
The PSG and Basaksehir players, as well as the three field referees, took a knee before kickoff one day after both teams walked off in protest after the Turkish side had accused the assistant referee of using a racist word against their assistant coach Pierre Webo.
Having started Group H with a win at last season’s runners-up Paris St Germain and a five-star display at home to Tuesday’s opponents, the Red Devils undid that fine work and have now dropped into the Europa League
The forward had arrived in Brazil with a leg injury, even though he was certain to miss Friday’s game against Venezuela in Sao Paulo.
The French club however finished the match with nine men, and the outcome left RB Leipzig second in the group on six points from three games.