Messi returns to PSG lineup but Mbappé grabs spotlight as Ajaccio routed
The Hindu
Lionel Messi returned to the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) lineup after a brief suspension and Kylian Mbappé grabbed the spotlight with two goals as Ajaccio was routed 5-0.
Lionel Messi returned to the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) lineup after a brief suspension and Kylian Mbappé grabbed the spotlight with two goals as Ajaccio was routed 5-0.
PSG moved closer to a record 11th French league title by leading second-placed Lens by six points with three games left.
Defeat relegated 18th-placed Ajaccio.
Mbappé's second-half brace moved him onto a league-leading 26 goals and two ahead of Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette, whose side plays on Sunday.
World Cup winner Messi missed PSG's previous game because the club suspended him for traveling to Saudi Arabia for commercial reasons without authorisation. He apologised and the suspension was lifted this week.
Messi received a mixed reception. Some fans jeered the superstar, but the absence of PSG's hardcore “ultra” fans made for a largely subdued atmosphere at Parc des Princes.
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