Edited By: Amrit Santlani
Last Updated: February 19, 2023, 20:41 IST
Messi scores the profitable objective for PSG (Source: PSG Twitter)
Lionel Messi scored a match-winning 95th minute free-kick for PSG to assist them defeat Lille 4-3
Lionel Messi rose to the event as soon as once more as he netted a dramatic match-winning 95th-minute free-kick to assist Paris Saint-Germain down LOSC Lille 4-3. With the match tied at 3-3, Messi stepped up and located the again of the web to assist his facet seal all three factors.
It was a recreation full of dramatic moments as Messi netted a late winner, Kylian Mbappe scored a brace, and Neymar additionally scored a objective however he was stretchered off halfway by the match.
PSG are set to tackle Bayern Munich for the UEFA Champions League spherical of 16 second leg as the Parisians went all the way down to the Bavarians 0-1 within the first leg at Parc des Princes not too long ago.
Ahead of the reverse fixture on March 9, PSG followers can be sweating relating to Neymar’s availability and the day might have been rather a lot worse had Messi not scored a elegant free-kick.
After taking a 2-0 lead in opposition to Lille, the Ligue 1 giants squandered a number of probabilities and their opponents fought again to steer 3-2. Mbappe scored a late equaliser earlier than Messi rose to the event.
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PSG have thus consolidated their 8-point lead within the league desk over second-placed Marseille forward of their journey to Toulouse.
The prime two-placed groups will lock horns subsequent week in a fixture which might play an enormous function within the Ligue 1 title race.
Even although Neymar’s damage would have spoiled the temper of PSG boss Christophe Galtier, he would have been respiratory rather a lot simpler because the French membership had misplaced their three earlier matches.
Bafode Diakite, Jonathan David and Jonathan Bamba scored for Lille however sadly for them, goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier couldn’t preserve out Messi’s last-gasp freekick.
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