For the first time in twenty years, the talismanic football hero, Christiano Ronaldo will not be playing in the UEFA Champions League as the 2022-2023 edition of the Champions League begins tonight.
With Cristiano Ronaldo set to miss the elite tournament he dominated for more than a decade, his Ballon d’Or arch-rival Lionel Messi now has a chance to do the impossible and break Ronaldo’s “unbreakable” record in the 2022-2023 edition of the UEFA Champions League as PSG hosts Juventus on match-day 1of the Champions League.
After a disastrous campaign with Paris Saint Germain (PSG) in the Champions League last season, Argentine stalwart Messi has hit a purple patch in the Ligue 1.
The four-time Champions League winner Messi is set to lead the charge of the Kylian Mbappe-starrer side after shattering multiple records in the French top light. Messi’s PSG side is unbeaten in six Ligue 1 matches.
All eyes will be on Messi, who is set to rewrite history in Europe’s biggest competition at the club level. One of the greatest players in the history of the game, Messi is the only player to have managed to score in 16 successive campaigns for the same team at the UEFA Champions League. Messi, who scored 120 goals for FC Barcelona in the Champions League, is currently the only player to break Ronaldo’s goal-scoring record.
