Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)'s Lionel Messi finally scored his first goal in the regular season, returning from an injury in French professional football.



Messi scored an additional goal in the 42nd minute of the second half leading the team 2-1 in the 2021-2022 Ligue 1 round 14 home match against Nantes at the Parc des Princes in Paris, France.



It was Messi's first goal in a League 1 match wearing a PSG jersey.



Messi, who joined PSG in August, played 5 matches in the League 1 regular league and 3 matches in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) before this match, scoring 3 goals in the UCL alone.



He was unable to play consistently due to bad knees and hamstrings, and he missed the UCL group stage match against Leipzig earlier this month and the 13th round of Ligue 1 against Bordeaux.



After that, Messi was called up to the Argentina national team during the match A and was replaced in the second half of the 2022 Qatar World Cup South American qualifier away match against Uruguay on the 13th. tasted



PSG, with Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar as the starting offensive line, took the lead with Mbappe's goal two minutes after the start of the game, but in the 19th minute of the second half, when goalkeeper Keylor Navas blocked a counterattack, he came forward and crashed into an opponent and was sent off. hit



After excluding Neymar and putting in goalkeeper Sergio Rico, PSG, who had been fighting with the numbers down, gave up an equalizer to Colo Muani in the 31st minute of the second half and was shaken.



However, in the 36th minute PSG regained the leads with a lucky own goal.



In midfield, the ball that Messi was trying to put in was hit by opposing defender Dennis Appia while he was trying to cut it off near the penalty area, and it went into the goal.



Then in the 42nd minute of the second half, Messi opened the goal with a left-footed kick from the right side of the penalty arc and put a wedge.



PSG, which has been undefeated in 5 league games (4 wins and 1 draw), including the recent 3 wins, has maintained its lead by accumulating 37 points. 



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