Lionel Messi just loves scoring from outside the box
He was then mobbed by his teammates and manager as PSG beat Lille 4-3lined the ball up and it appeared far too central for him to curl it round Lucas Chevalier.However, instead of naturally aiming for the top left corner, he bent the ball into the bottom right, and couldn’t have placed it any better as it glanced off the post and in.
The stats came rolling in with the free-kick being his 699th career goal, coming shortly after his double in the victorious World Cup final. And it was also the 35-year-old’s 40th goal from outside the box since the start of the 2017/18 season.Advertisement Kevin De Bruyne is second on 20 goals from outside of the box, while 22 of Messi’s long-range efforts have been free-kicks, six more than James Ward-Prowse.
Messi got big hugs from a delighted Kylian Mbappe and Sergio Ramos, before Galtier ran down the touchline to join in.
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