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Paul Myers

Messi's afternoon delight saves PSG's blushes against Lille

Lionel Messi scored Paris Saint-Germain's winner against Lille from a free-kick in second-half stoppage time at the Parc des Princes. AP - Christophe Ena

Lionel Messi unleashed a trademark free-kick deep into second-half stoppage time to settle a whirligig of a game against Lille in Paris Saint-Germain's favour on Sunday afternoon.

The 36-year-old Argentine, hitherto a spectral presence in the hurly-burly, looped the ball over the six-man wall, past the despairing dive of Lille goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier and it went into the net off the inside of the left hand post. 4-3 to the Ligue 1 pacesetters.

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