Paris St-Germain had to settle for a point against Benfica in Group H encounter in the Champions League.
Lionel Messi gave PSG the lead in the 22nd minute and set a new Champions League record, as the first player to score against 40 different teams in the competition.
A strong case of DEJA VU 🔮👀
— SuperSport Football ⚽️ (@SSFootball) October 5, 2022
How many times have we seen this sort of finishing from Lionel Messi? 👇🥵
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RECORD: Messi has now scored against 40 different teams in this competition 🔝#UCL pic.twitter.com/ON0GOjzDFr
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) October 5, 2022
But Danilo Pereira’s own goal levelled things for the home side in the 41 minute.
#SLBPSG | 1-1 | ⚽ 42' GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAL! A.G#UCL pic.twitter.com/WLdZRUneIl
— SL Benfica (@slbenfica_en) October 5, 2022
Both teams remain unbeaten so far in the competition and are both on seven points from three games, with Barcelona topping the group.
Groupe H :
— Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) October 5, 2022
🟢1️⃣ PSG 🇫🇷 (7 pts)
🟢2️⃣ Benfica 🇵🇹 (7 pts)
🟠3️⃣ Juventus 🇮🇹 (3 pts)
❌4️⃣ Maccabi Haïfa 🇮🇱 (0 pts)
PSG will look to take home all the points when they welcome the Portuguese side to Paris next week.