Paris Saint-Germain overturned its goal to win 2-1 at its guest on Friday night in the twelfth stage of the French Football League.



In the absence of top scorer Kylian Mbappe and with the partial participation of Argentine star Lionel Messi, Paris Saint-Germain almost fell to its guest, Lille, the defending champion, but Argentine winger Angel Di Maria turned the table on the guests and gave his team a 2-1 victory in the deadly time Friday at the opening of the twelfth stage of the league French football.


Despite his suffering this season as a result of the loss of some of his stars and the efforts of his coach Christophe Galtier, who led him to his first title since 2011, Friday night seemed able to return from "Parc des Princes" victorious after he finished the first half ahead with the brilliant Canadian goal Jonathan David (31).


But Di Maria said his word in the second half by passing the equalizing goal to his Brazilian captain Marquinhos (74) and then snatching the winning goal in the 88th minute.


Messi started the meeting mainly after suspicion arose about him due to muscle pain that forced him on Thursday morning to take a training session separate from his colleagues "as a precautionary measure", according to what his compatriot coach Mauricio Pochettino announced, who added that the player "felt discomfort in the muscles" without specifying the location of the pain.


"The Flea" has suffered from physical problems since the beginning of the season after his arrival last August from Barcelona, ​​Spain, including a knee injury that deprived him of two matches in September.


Messi is still looking for the first goal in Ligue 1           


After his team ended the first half behind, Pochettino replaced Messi at the beginning of the second half as a precaution, so that the best player in the world continued to search six times for his first goals in the French League, after he scored three in the Champions League.


Messi played in the front line alongside his compatriot Di Maria and the Brazilian Neymar, while Mbappe was absent due to illness and Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum benefited from the injury of Italian Marco Verratti to play a key.


Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi missed due to suspension after he was sent off in the draw against Marseille last week, while the squad witnessed the participation of Spaniard Juan Bernat starting for the first time since September 2020 after suffering a serious knee injury that kept him out of action for more than a year.


On the side of Lille, Joslan Gurvenik preferred to play with Turkish Burak Yilmaz in the front line alongside David, at the expense of his compatriot Youssef Yazigi.


Saint-Germain entered the meeting, leading by seven points from Lounes II, and temporarily expanded it to 10 points (31 points) pending the latter's difficult match Saturday in Lyon, while Lille continued to suffer by contentment with a point in the last three stages, to become temporarily 11th with 15 points and a difference 16 of the capital team.