Angel Di Maria led his team, Paris Saint-Germain, to a 2-1 victory over its guest, Lille, the holder of the French Football League, after making the first goal and scoring the second after Lionel Messi was injured on Friday.

In the absence of Kylian Mbappe, who suffers from illness, Di Maria starred throughout the match and made the equalizer for his colleague Marquinhos, after Jonathan David scored Lille's only goal, before the Argentine international scored the


winning

goal

two minutes before the end.

✋ Angel Di Maria 🤚

Tonight's hero.

🙌#Paris_Lille |

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After Messi left the field at the beginning of the second half due to a muscle problem, the Argentine winger shone, raising the capital's club's tally to 31 points from 12 games, a full 10 points ahead of Lens, the second-placed player.

Lille, who deserved better after a convincing first-half performance, are 11th with 15 points.

There were several chances for both teams in an enjoyable first half, but Lille showed more strength and forced goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to block a dangerous opportunity from Burak Yilmaz in the first minute.

Lille, who looked like the team that dominated the league last season, scored in the 31st minute when David followed his right-footed cross from Yilmaz to put the ball into the roof of the goal from close range.

The reason of Messi's substitution.

He really was injured 😔


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Messi injury

Messi, who had not scored in 5 league matches with Saint-Germain, left one minute after the start of the second half, to be replaced by compatriot Mauro Icardi, as it seemed that he was still suffering from a muscle problem that forced him


to miss training yesterday.

Lille came close to doubling the score through David, but Donnarumma brilliantly saved his goal again to keep his team in the match.

And the Italian goalkeeper shone again to block a shot from Yilmaz just before the hour before the start.

But Di Maria and Neymar posed a threat to the visitors' goal with Saint Germain beginning to increase the pressure, which resulted in the equalizer in the 74th minute, when Marquinhos converted a cross from Di Maria with a direct shot into the goal to make the score 1-1.

Saint-Germain almost scored the winning goal 5 minutes later, but Ivo Gerbic saved with his right foot a low shot from Icardi.

The winning goal came shortly after when Di Maria quietly put the ball past Gerbic after a short and low pass from Neymar inside the penalty area.

🔚 end of the match⏱️

Thanks to Di Maria's killer goal, Paris Saint-Germain snatches the match points.✅ ⚡#Paris_Lille |

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- French League (@Ligue1_Arab) October 29, 2021