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Sancho recreated Lionel Messi’s unbelievable record against PSG

Football — 05/02/2024

Jadon Sancho had an impressive performance against PSG, thereby establishing a statistic comparable to Lionel Messi.

Sancho recreated Lionel Messi's unbelievable record against PSGSancho played impressively against PSG. Photo: BVB

Jadon Sancho is gradually regaining his form in the Dortmund shirt. In the match welcoming PSG at Signal Iduna Park in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, the English star had an excellent performance. The Manchester United player had 11 tackles against PSG.

Thanks to that, Sancho became the first person to have 11 tackles in a Champions League match, since Lionel Messi in the match against Man United in 2008 (with 16 tackles). Besides, the number 11 is also the best statistic of an English player in the history of Europe’s top tournament.

Có thể là hình ảnh về 2 người, mọi người đang chơi bóng bầu dục, mọi người đang chơi bóng đá và văn bản

In the match against PSG, Sancho was also the player with the most successful duels (13), made the most passes (12) and created the most opportunities (3). With 12 successful passes, that is also the best achievement of an English player in a Champions League match since Opta started statistics from the 2003-2004 season onwards.

During his dismal time at Man United, Sancho scored a total of 12 goals in 58 matches, but never made more than 7 tackles in a match. But he did it against PSG in just 30 minutes.

Có thể là hình ảnh về ‎4 người, mọi người đang chơi bóng đá, mọi người đang chơi bóng bầu dục, giày đinh và ‎văn bản cho biết '‎unicef ر PPIHH PaHи 13 IIG NIG MUFC GIVEMESPORT GEVO EVO DAT‎'‎‎

Specifically, Sancho successfully passed people 7 times in just the first 30 minutes of the match against PSG, the highest number in a Champions League knockout match this season. Sancho became the center of Dortmund’s attacks against PSG, and coach Edin Terzic also asked his players to deploy on the ball on the right wing to take advantage of the Man United star’s skills.

Sancho joined Dortmund on a short-term loan deal in January. He was removed from the Red Devils’ squad because of a public argument with coach Erik ten Hag in August. Sancho’s future remаins uncertain because The deal with the German club does not include an option to buy.

Có thể là hình ảnh về ‎2 người, mọi người đang chơi bóng đá, mọi người đang chơi bóng bầu dục và ‎văn bản cho biết '‎보식 ส0ิน A C @ενσ EVO BVB D5 0% GAT DAT ת‎'‎‎

Some sources in the UK said that Man United is planning to sell Sancho in the upcoming summer transfer window, because he is no longer in the club’s plans. Man United is willing to bear the loss of the 73 million pound ($93 million) transfer fee they spent to acquire his services in 2021.