Tuesday sees the return of Champions League football. Europe’s 16 remaining teams will lock horns in eight exciting encounters. Dortmund and defending champions Real Madrid will be in action this week, but the most exciting clash will see PSG host Barcelona.
They are both defending champions, one in Ligue 1 and the other in La Liga. Although the Blaugrana endured a better group stage campaign, they won’t be expecting an easy affair at France due to the presence of goalscoring machine Edinson Cavani.
However, Luis Enrique has his own deadly weapon: Lionel Messi. Here is how the Argentine and Uruguayan strikers compare.
Here are their stats from the group stage
Cavani
Games: 6
Goals: 6
Assists: 1
Messi
Games: 5
Goals: 10
Assists: 2
Even though Cavani boasts a ratio of a goal-per-game, it is no match to Leo’s tally of two goals per game. The Argentine has even twice as many assists than the PSG ace.
Attempts on target
Cavani: 11
Messi: 13
Attempts off target
Cavani: 10
Messi: 7
Minutes per goal
Cavani: 90 mins
Messi: 45 mins
DID YOU KNOW?
All of Messi’s 10 goals in the group stage came courtesy of his lethal left foot.
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