Ghana defender Gideon Mensah has revealed that PSG star Lionel Messi gave him waist pains when he faced him while for Bordeaux in the Ligue 1 this season.
PSG did the double over Bordeaux despite Messi not hitting the target in the two games.
According to Mensah, the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner was difficult to play against at the Parc des Princes in Paris.
“Playing against Messi was not easy because the guy is something else and I had to endure waist pains after the game against Paris St Germain”, he told Joy Sports.
He is also relishing a possible match-up against Messi’s number rival, Cristiano Ronaldo when Ghana face Portugal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament in Qatar later this year.
“I’m relishing the possibility of coming up against Cristiano Ronaldo at the World Cup in November this year to see if he will also give me problems or maybe this time it will be me giving him something to think about”, he added.