{"id":45937,"date":"2021-08-31T19:51:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T17:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=45937"},"modified":"2021-08-31T19:08:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T17:08:05","slug":"munetsi-shines-in-messis-psg-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/munetsi-shines-in-messis-psg-debut","title":{"rendered":"Munetsi Shines In Messi\u2019s PSG Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Sports Reporter<\/b> &#8211; WARRIORS and Stade de Reims midfield star Marshall Munetsi kept a tight leash on Lionel Messi who made his debut as a substitute for Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Munetsi, who was outstanding for Reims, thought he had equalised just five minutes into the second half after Real-Madrid-linked Kylian Mbappe had scored for PSG early in the opening half.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, VAR disallowed the goal for offside. With the spotlight on Messi and fans calling for him to be brought on the anticipation was electric.<\/p>\n<p>The second PSG goal in the 63rd minute scored by Mbappe only served to amplify the fans\u2019 demands for Messi to come on.<\/p>\n<p>Three minutes later, PSG Manager Mauricio Pochettino relented and he brought on the Argentine superstar for his former Barcelona teammate Neymar.<\/p>\n<p>Munetsi, however, remained calm and resolute. He responded well to the challenge of keeping Messi quiet.<\/p>\n<p>The duels were mostly won by Munetsi, who towered over the diminutive six-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner. He even welcomed Messi with a few crunching tackles.<\/p>\n<p>The former Pirates\u2019 player was somewhat lucky to finish the match without a booking.<\/p>\n<p>Munetsi featured for South African club Orlando Pirates between 2016 and 2019. It has been two years since Munetsi moved to France and in that time he has grown into a key player for Ligue 1 side Reims, where he has made 54 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Before he cemented his place at Pirates, Munetsi had a successful loan spell at Baroka FC.<\/p>\n<p>Munetsi is expected to feature for the Warriors in their 2022 World Cup qualifiers against neighbours South Africa and Ethiopia at home and away.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors host Bafana Bafana at the National Sports Stadium on Friday before playing Ethiopia four days later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Sports Reporter &#8211; WARRIORS and Stade de Reims midfield star Marshall Munetsi kept a tight leash on Lionel Messi who made his debut as a substitute for Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday. Munetsi, who was outstanding for Reims, thought he had equalised just five minutes into the second half after Real-Madrid-linked Kylian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,16,15],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-45937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-sport","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Munetsi Shines In Messi\u2019s PSG Debut - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Sports Reporter - WARRIORS and Stade de Reims midfield star Marshall Munetsi kept a tight leash on Lionel Mess ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/munetsi-shines-in-messis-psg-debut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Munetsi Shines In Messi\u2019s PSG Debut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Sports Reporter - 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