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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Scott Murray

Mbappé, Messi and a torch cheekily back-flicked down the wing

Kylian Mbappé scores for PSG
Kylian Mbappé there, carefully avoiding Thibaut Courtois’ low-hanging fruit. Photograph: Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images

WHAT’S THE MATTER, LIONEL MESSI?

It was a fairly instructive evening in Paris last night. Leo Messi wandered around the Parc des Princes with a scribble of comic-strip-cloud misery constantly hovering above his head. With a faint but unmistakable air of hopelessness and ennui enveloping the poor little chap, the Fiver couldn’t help but notice his increasing resemblance to Charlie Brown. When he missed that penalty, we found ourselves hitting rewind, just to double check whether Lucy had moved the ball just before he kicked it. Good grief.

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