After three weeks of celebrating the world title and not playing football, Lionel Messi returned to the field and spiced up Paris Saint-Germain’s victory over Angers with a goal – 2:0. Princes’ Park welcomed the man who defeated France in the World Cup final with applause, although a few whistles could also be heard. The return of Messi has shaken up the Saints team, which suffered a defeat on the road to Lans last weekend.Lionel Messi and Neymar wearing a Pele t-shirt in PSG warmups ❤️ pic.twitter.com/bgDT8Q6ZJj— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 11, 2023 PSG controlled the game for the most part, and everything was easier from the fifth minute when the talented striker Ugo Ekitike took the chance in the starting line-up instead of the injured Kylian Mbappe. Messi found Mukiele on the right wing and he ideally assisted the young French striker for the home team’s lead. By the end of the half, visiting goalkeeper Bernardoni had saved at least two goals and the guests were happy to go to the break with a goal behind…🚨 Club Goals: 🇦🇷 Messi: 696🇵🇹 CR7: 700Lionel Messi is smashing that milestone in 120+ fewer matches 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kpFM4hyOqa— Exclusive Messi ➐ (@ExclusiveMessi) January 11, 2023 PSG continued to play better in the second part of the game as well, but Angers was able to make it 1:1 after an hour of play when Sima missed a shot. PSG was looking for a second goal to decide the game and Messi found it. Again, the same players were in the center of attention as with the first goal. This time Ekitike played past Mukiele and this time Messi sealed the victory with the second goal of the game.PSG continues to march sovereignly towards a new title, their followers are further away, and the most serious among them is Marseille at the moment, who tied the sixth victory in all competitions after routinely defeating Troyes away 2:0. The newest reinforcement, Malinovskiy, who came off the bench, made his debut, and the scorers were Veretout and Mbemba.The game of the night belonged to Nice, who sacked the experienced Lucien Favre after a shameful Cup exit, and the shock therapy worked – they destroyed Montpellier 6:1. The big reinforcements Nicolas Pepe and Ross Barkley have been under the criticism this season, but tonight they scored two goals each, along with Khephren Thuram and Andy Delort. This could be the turning point in the season for a team designed to fight for the European football.LIGUE 1 – Round 18WednesdayAuxerre – Toulouse 0-5 (0-3)/Chaibi 3, Ronauld 33, Boomen 41, Aboukhlal 75, Dallinga 88/Brest – Lille 0-0Ajaccio – Reims 0-1 (0-1)/Munetsi 3/Nantes – Olympique Lyon 0-0Clermont – Rennes 2-1 (1-0)/Kyei 31, Gastien 90+5 – Kalimuendo 74/Strasbourg – Lens 2-2 (2-2)/Prcic 13, Gameiro 16 – Maurice 11, Openda 33/PSG – Angers 2-0 (1-0)/Ekitike 5, Messi 72/Nice – Montpellier 6-1 (2-0)/Pepe 15, 56, Thuram 35, Delort 75, Barkley 82, 85 – Savanier 80/Troyes – Olympique Marseille 0-2 (0-1)/Mbemba 10, Veretout 46/Lorient – Monaco 2-2 (0-0)/Ouattara 72, Moffi 77 – Embolo 61, Ben Yedder 90+3/
