It was an encounter that cost the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) to beat Lille 4-3. He suffered it even in added time when the magic of the best soccer player in the world could change history. Until that moment Lionel Messi he hadn’t done much, just like his outmatched team. But in the most dramatic moment, the Argentine star was responsible for giving air to his teammates and especially to the coach Christophe Galtierin a difficult week after the defeat at home in the Champions League.
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PSG came to be 2-0 with two great goals. First Kylian Mbappe that within the area he put two bicycles, then a pipe and defined with precision. Later Neymar He widened the differences with a subtle definition after a good collective play.
But Lille overcame the result and turned it around with goals from Bafode Diakite, jonathan david (penalty) and Jonathan Bamba.
At minute 87 Mbappé equalized and in a hurry went to look for the ball to try to capture an agonizing victory that seemed impossible, but with Messi on the field of play anything can happen. In the fourth minute of stoppage time, the player from Rosario generated a foul on the edge of the area and had a free kick in his favour. The ball was on fire and the best player in the world took over. He executed and his precision managed to get the ball through the barrier, hit the post and ended up getting the fourth goal that gave victory to the team led by Christophe Galtierwho joined the celebration and went to hug the Argentine star.
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Immediately the cameras went to one of the boxes in which she was euphoric Antonela Roccuzzo, the wife of Leo Messi, who with a hug celebrated the goal that was worth the victory. It was the eleventh goal for Rosario in this Ligue 1 (16 this season) and reached his teammate Neymar among the top scorers in the French tournament. The Brazilian had to retire due to an ankle injury and set off the alarms at PSG.
It was a relief for everyone PSG, but especially for the French coach who, after embracing Messi, approached and said something in his ear. The DT was in the crosshairs after the local fall last Tuesday 1-0 against the Bayern Munich for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League, the main objective of the Parisian team that seeks its first conquest in the main club competition of the Old World. That was the third defeat in different competitions for PSG, which was also eliminated from the French Cup.
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You are in a very important match and victory is mandatory! Messi’s goal saves us, but there is a lot to say about this match”, praised the French strategist to Rosario. “Certainly there is, of course, relief, but we have to be much more focused throughout the game,” he acknowledged about the game process. “We can’t have such a good start to the game against a great Lille, have such a good start winning 2-0 and lose focus so much…there was too much relaxation”, he added.
Another who showed his reaction to the victory that was celebrated as a final was Mbappewho finished the match and while his teammates celebrated in the middle of the playing field, he approached Messi and lifted him up with an emotional hug.
* Messi’s great goal to put the final 4-3
That is why winning this Sunday was an obligation for PSG, beyond the fact that they continue to lead Ligue 1 with an eight point advantage over the Olympic Marseille who will close the date by visiting the Toulouse.
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