ESPN.com · Mar 9, 2022
PSG beating Real Madrid would boost Messi amid a difficult season in Paris
On Saturday Feb. 26, after PSG's brilliant 3-1 win against Saint-Etienne in Paris in which he shone and twice set up Kylian Mbappe for goals, Lionel Messi travelled to Barcelona on his private jet.
Before you jump to any conclusions, though: it was for his wife's birthday. Antonela turned 34 that weekend, and of course her husband was always going to be there to celebrate with her, Cesc Fabregas and his wife Daniella, and Luis Suarez and his wife Sofia. But there was one thing the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner insisted on: he travelled with his PSG track suit on. It would have been easy to change after the game at the Parc des Princes, but he didn't want to.