<p>Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi will miss Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League clash with RB Leipzig due to injury, his club confirmed Tuesday.</p>.<p>The 34-year-old six-time Ballon d'Or winner has a problem with his left hamstring and a painful knee, PSG said, and sits out Wednesday's match away to Leipzig.</p>.<p>"If you have a player like Messi in your team, you are automatically stronger," replied team-mate Georginio Wijnaldum when asked if Messi would be missed.</p>.<p>The Argentinian scored two second-half goals as PSG fought back to beat Leipzig 3-2 when the sides met in Paris two weeks ago.</p>.<p>"Every game has it's own difficulties, we know tomorrow will be tough as Leipzig are a good team. We hope Messi will be back soon," said PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino.</p>.<p>Messi went off at half-time of PSG's 2-1 Ligue 1 victory over Lille last Friday and missed training on Monday.</p>.<p>Even without the four-time Champions League winner, Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch knows PSG will still present his side with "another difficult task" with Kylian Mbappe poised to return to the visitors' line-up.</p>.<p>PSG top their Champions League group with seven points after three matches, a point ahead of last season's beaten finalists Manchester City whilst Leipzig are yet to get off the mark after three defeats.</p>.<p>Nevertheless, having taken the lead in Paris two weeks ago, Leipzig are bullish about their chances against a PSG team including Mbappe and Brazil star Neymar.</p>.<p>"The game in Paris was important for us, because it showed we can deliver a good performance and understand we can do it away from home," added Marsch.</p>.<p>"We totally believe in our chance, if we get three points with a big win then it would give us a lot of momentum."</p>.<p>However, a fourth straight defeat in Europe would end Leipzig's last 16 hopes.</p>.<p>PSG are also missing influential midfielder Marco Verratti while Messi may also be a doubt for Saturday's Ligue 1 clash between table-toppers PSG and strugglers Bordeaux.</p>.<p>He is due to then join up with his national squad for two World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil.</p>.<p>Wednesday's game will be the third match that Messi has missed this season due to injury, having sat out two Ligue 1 matches at the end of September.</p>.<p>Messi has made a low-key start to his spell at the French giants since arriving from Barcelona in August.</p>.<p>However, he produced one of his better performances in the home win over Leipzig, scoring a double including the winner from the penalty spot.</p>.<p>He said when he ended almost two decades at Barcelona a major reason for joining PSG was to win a fifth Champions League trophy.</p>
<p>Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi will miss Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League clash with RB Leipzig due to injury, his club confirmed Tuesday.</p>.<p>The 34-year-old six-time Ballon d'Or winner has a problem with his left hamstring and a painful knee, PSG said, and sits out Wednesday's match away to Leipzig.</p>.<p>"If you have a player like Messi in your team, you are automatically stronger," replied team-mate Georginio Wijnaldum when asked if Messi would be missed.</p>.<p>The Argentinian scored two second-half goals as PSG fought back to beat Leipzig 3-2 when the sides met in Paris two weeks ago.</p>.<p>"Every game has it's own difficulties, we know tomorrow will be tough as Leipzig are a good team. We hope Messi will be back soon," said PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino.</p>.<p>Messi went off at half-time of PSG's 2-1 Ligue 1 victory over Lille last Friday and missed training on Monday.</p>.<p>Even without the four-time Champions League winner, Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch knows PSG will still present his side with "another difficult task" with Kylian Mbappe poised to return to the visitors' line-up.</p>.<p>PSG top their Champions League group with seven points after three matches, a point ahead of last season's beaten finalists Manchester City whilst Leipzig are yet to get off the mark after three defeats.</p>.<p>Nevertheless, having taken the lead in Paris two weeks ago, Leipzig are bullish about their chances against a PSG team including Mbappe and Brazil star Neymar.</p>.<p>"The game in Paris was important for us, because it showed we can deliver a good performance and understand we can do it away from home," added Marsch.</p>.<p>"We totally believe in our chance, if we get three points with a big win then it would give us a lot of momentum."</p>.<p>However, a fourth straight defeat in Europe would end Leipzig's last 16 hopes.</p>.<p>PSG are also missing influential midfielder Marco Verratti while Messi may also be a doubt for Saturday's Ligue 1 clash between table-toppers PSG and strugglers Bordeaux.</p>.<p>He is due to then join up with his national squad for two World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil.</p>.<p>Wednesday's game will be the third match that Messi has missed this season due to injury, having sat out two Ligue 1 matches at the end of September.</p>.<p>Messi has made a low-key start to his spell at the French giants since arriving from Barcelona in August.</p>.<p>However, he produced one of his better performances in the home win over Leipzig, scoring a double including the winner from the penalty spot.</p>.<p>He said when he ended almost two decades at Barcelona a major reason for joining PSG was to win a fifth Champions League trophy.</p>