In the early morning of February 7, Beijing time, the 23rd round of Ligue 1 ushered in a focus battle, Paris Saint-Germain away to Lille. In the end, Paris relied on the joint goals of Messi, Mbappe, Danilo Pereira and Kimpembe to win 5-1, winning three consecutive league games and extending the lead to 13 points, sitting in the first place in the table.
In the middle of this week, Paris was eliminated by Nice in the 1/8 final of the French Cup, and the team is left with only Ligue 1 and the Champions League this season to hope to win. Compared with the Champions League, Paris greatly leads in Ligue 1, with 16 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss in 22 rounds accumulating 53 points, and 10 points ahead of the second-place team in one less round.
This round of the round of The Greater Paris against Lille, the latter accumulated 32 points in 22 rounds, ranking 11th, 21 points behind the championship hopeless. Last season, Paris lost to Lille by one point and missed to defend their Ligue 1 title.
Neymar continued to be absent, with coach Maechteno Allowing Messi, Mbappe and Di Maria to form a forward trident, while Verratti, Paredes and Pereira were in midfield.
In the opening 9th minute, Nuno Mendes crossed from the left, Lille goalkeeper Gelbic made a mistake in the save, and Danilo Pereira poked the ball to help Paris make a fantastic start 1-0. In the 27th minute, Ben Alpha reversed the triangle and Botman volleyed the ball into the net to help Lille equalize 1-1. In the 31st minute, Messi took a corner kick to assist Kimpembe to grab the point and shoot the goal, and Paris reversed the score 2-1.
This is Messi's sixth assist in Ligue 1 this season, tied for third place in the Ligue 1 assist list. In the 37th minute, Messi finally scored, The Lille players made a mistake, and Messi broke the ball and single-handedly broke the goal to help Paris expand the score 3-1.
This is messi's second goal in Ligue 1 after a gap of 78 days, the last time he scored was against Nantes on 21 November 2021, and he scored his second goal in Ligue 1. In addition, Messi scored 759 goals for 18 consecutive calendar years, and the first time in Ligue 1 to break The Lille goal, setting three records.
In the 51st minute of the second half, Messi's push was saved, and then Danilo Pereira's long-range folding shot broke the ball to complete the double, giving Paris a 4-1 lead. In the 67th minute, Kylian Mbappe scored with a volley into the world to help Paris secure a 5-1 win.
Coupled with a 2-1 home win, Paris completed a home-and-away double for Lille this season, the last time it was in the 2019-2020 season, when home and away were 2-0 wins.