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Pitch Invader Tries To Grab Lionel Messi After PSG Lose To Bayern Munich

A pitch invader made a beeline for Lionel Messi after Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League exit to Bayern Munich. The fan tried to grab Messi but fell over.

Robert Summerscales

Pitch Invader Tries To Grab Lionel Messi After PSG Lose To Bayern Munich
Pitch Invader Tries To Grab Lionel Messi After PSG Lose To Bayern Munich /

A pitch invader made a beeline for Lionel Messi following Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League exit to Bayern Munich.

Messi was part of a PSG team that lost 2-0 in Germany on Wednesday night as Bayern progressed to the quarter-finals 3-0 on aggregate.

As Messi was leaving the pitch, a fan dressed in a blue tee-shirt sprinted over to him and tried to touch the 35-year-old.

But he slipped just before he could grab Messi and was then quickly pounced upon by multiple security guards.

A pitch invader pictured falling to the floor while attempting to touch Lionel Messi after PSG's 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich in March 2023
A pitch invader pictured falling to the floor while attempting to touch Lionel Messi after PSG's 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich :: IMAGO/Sportimage/Jonathan Moscrop
A pitch invader pictured falling to the floor in front of a surprised Lionel Messi after PSG's 2-0 defeat at Bayern Munich
Messi looked surprised as the fan slipped over right in front of him :: IMAGO/Ulrich Wagner

After being restrained by security, the fan shouted at Messi to try to get his attention.

But Messi gave him nothing more than a momentary glance back as he trudged off back to the locker rooms.

Messi has now exited the Champions League in the round of 16 in three consecutive seasons.

A pitch invader pictured being restrained by security after trying to grab Lionel Messi following a Champions League game between Bayern Munich and PSG in March 2023
The pitch invader was restrained by security :: IMAGO/Sportimage/Jonathan Moscrop
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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.