LionelMessi, with a brace and, above all, somewhat spectacular with his back to goal, and Neymar, with a goal and three assistswere the absolute stars of the Paris Saint Germain in the 5-0 victory in Clermont, on the first day of the French Ligue 1.
In absence of Kylian Mbappé due to injury, the two South American stars shone brightly.
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Messi sealed the win with a goal to remember, controlling a long pass with his chest of his Argentine compatriot Leandro Paredes and finishing off with his back to the goal, as a Chilean, to put the final 5-0 in the 86th minute.
Shortly before, in 80, Messi had scored his first goal of the match and of this Ligue 1 by pushing at will a pass of death offered almost as a gift by Neymar.
It was the third assist in the match for the Brazilian, who signed the first goal for his club in this league just in the 9th minute, finishing off after Messi touched lightly on a cross from Paul Sarabia.
Neymar then gave the decisive pass for his Moroccan teammate Achraf Hakimi (26) beat the local goalkeeper, with a powerful shot in the area directly to the top corner, and then by hanging a ball that Sergio Ramos narrowly missed but also Brazilian Marquinhos (38) headed straight into goalkeeper Mory Diaw’s net.
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With 3-0 at the break, the second half was very calm for PSG, who signed the win with that double by Messi in the final minutes, which put a smile on the Argentine’s face, at the start of his second season with the French team.
In the other game this Saturday, Monaco met with a 2-1 victory in Strasbourg.
Senegalese Krepin Diatta (43) and Sofiane Diop (53) they advanced to the team from the Principality and in minute 65 the also Senegalese Habib Diallo shortened, but without the Alsatians being able to avoid defeat.