Lionel Messi sets unwanted record against Lorient

<h4><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Following the game&comma; an entirely unwanted record surfaced around star signing Lionel Messi&period;<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Since moving to Paris from Barcelona&comma; the Argentine has struggled&comma; and his performances on the field have reflected this&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;16114" style&equals;"width&colon; 310px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-16114" class&equals;"wp-image-16114 size-medium" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thedailypage&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;12&sol;FotoJet-83-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Lionel Messi sets unwanted record against Lorient" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-16114" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Lionel Messi sets unwanted record against Lorient<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">According to Get French Football News&comma; his blank against Lorient has ensured that this is his league&&num;8217&semi;s least productive first half of the season&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">With 1 goal in 865 minutes of activity&comma; Lionel Messi &lpar;34&rpar; has had the least productive first half of a club league season of his career&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">His transfer to PSG is proving to be a big challenge&comma; not the easy out that some armchair European football fans predicted&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Just before the halftime&comma; Thomas Monconduit gave Lorient&comma; who are now in the relegation zone&comma; a surprising lead&comma; before Sergio Ramos was sent off just 40 minutes after entering the fray&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">And it appeared as if he had cost PSG all hope of getting back into the game&comma; only for Icardi to score the game-winning goal in injury time&comma; earning PSG a point in their final game of the year&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 14pt&semi;">Despite the humiliation&comma; a defeat would not have been the end of the world for Mauricio Pochettino&comma; as the Parisians are currently 13 points clear at the top of Ligue 1&period; Managers at PSG&comma; on the other hand&comma; have been known to be fired for far less&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;