Lionel Messi scores acrobatic bicycle kick as PSG thrashes Clermont in season-opener
(CNN) Lionel Messi scored a shocking bike dismiss to adjust from Paris Saint-Germain's 5-0 defeat of Clermont in its most memorable match of the new Ligue 1 season on Saturday.
The Argentine's objective was the pick of the pack as he hooked onto Leandro Paredes' pass prior to controlling it with his chest and acrobatically sending it over the goalkeeper.
It came only six minutes after Messi had scored his first of the match, clearing his completion into the base corner when set-up by the splendid Neymar.
The Brazilian aggressor had opened the scoring in a great execution prior to giving two additional helps to Achraf Hakimi and Marquinhos to make it 3-0 preceding half time.
Messi then, at that point, completed the night with a support to give the supreme association champion an earnest triumph under new mentor Christophe Galtier.
The outcome will be an admonition shot to different groups in the French first class given it came without starman Kylian Mbappe, who was missing through injury.
"The main thing is to score objectives, that is in Paris Saint-Germain's DNA and the DNA of the players here," Galtier told PSGTV after the game.
"So there is genuine fulfillment with those two components of our game, going after in numbers with bunches of specialized quality, and protecting collectively."
