The Argentine star appeared in the discounts to give victory to a needy Parisian team, who remain leaders of Ligue 1.
He ran the 90 minute + 4 ‘at the Parque de los Príncipes stadium and the PSG experienced further disappointment after drawing 3-3 with Lille a result which is added to the consecutive defeats suffered against Olympique de Marseille for the Coupe de France, Monaco in the league and Bayern Munich for the Champions League.
The match had started favorably for the owners, who quickly took the lead with goals from Kylian Mbappé (11′) and Neymar (17′) paving the way for what seemed at the time to be an easy victory.
However, Bafodé Diakité (24′), Jonathan David (58′) -on penalty- and Jonathan Bamba (69′), were responsible for establishing the Parisian surprise advancing the underdogs on the scoreboard.
However, as the match drew to a close, again Mbappé (87 ‘) scored what seemed to be the final result in the Parque de los Príncipes .
But all has not been said: at the end of the fourth minute of recovery (90 + 4 ‘), Lionel Messi takes the ball and executes a perfect free kick which slips into the lower left corner of the goal defended by the Lille goalkeeper, Lucas Chevalier .
As expected, the goal sparked celebrations for hosts Paris, who together with target Argentina managed to return to triumphs and stay top of Ligue 1 with 57 points.
Check out Lionel Messi’s goal below:
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Source: Latercera
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