The 5 highest-paid soccer players in the world, according to Forbes 1:30 (CNN Spanish) — Lionel Messi was not included in the 30 selected for the Ballon d’Or that Karim Benzema finally won and, in a season in which he aims everything for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the Argentine shows in the Champions League that he is still one of the best players on the planet. This was made clear this Tuesday in PSG’s 7-2 victory over Maccabi Haifa. The Argentine star was one of the figures: he scored two goals and two assists in a game in which it rained goals. The Messi-Neymar-Mbappé trident was forceful: the Frenchman scored a brace and provided an assist, while Neymar scored a goal. The account of the Parisian team was completed by Soler with a goal at the end of the match and an own goal by Goldberg. Seck was the scorer of both goals for the Israeli team. Messi, 35, is a record man: he has scored 28 braces in all his appearances in the Champions League, 129 goals in the Champions League (he is the second all-time scorer behind Cristiano Ronaldo with 140, who is not playing in the tournament this year), second double of goals and assists in the Champions League in his career. Messi, the biggest winner of the Ballon d’Or in history (7), responds with goals and assists to the oblivion of France Football. PSG is the leader of its group with 11 points, followed by Benfica. The other results of the Champions League The highlight of the day was Real Madrid’s defeat against Leipzig, in which the merengue team played poorly and wanted to come back but it was not enough. The Spaniards are first in their group, but now they are only one point ahead of Leipzig with one game to go. Manchester City could not pass the draw after a penalty missed by Mahrez. Meanwhile, Juve lost and was eliminated in a match that could have been thrashed but ended up tighter: 4-3 in favor of Benfica. RB Leipzig 3-2 Real Madrid Celtic 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk Sevilla 3-0 FC Copenhagen Dortmund 0-0 Manchester City Benfica 4-3 Juventus