Lionel Messi nets his first pre-season goal for PSG - WATCH

Lionel Messi scored his first pre-season goal for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), checkout the video here

Lionel Messi (Source: Twitter)

Lionel Messi scored his first pre-season goal for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in a hard fought 2-1 win over Kawasaki Frontale in the French side's first match of the Japan tour. The star-studded attack line of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi started the game under new coach Christophe Galtier in front of 65,000 fans at Tokyo's national stadium on Wednesday (July 20).

The seven-time Ballon d'Or holder opened the scoring for PSG in the 32nd minute when he converted a goal via a beautiful volley shot from his wrong foot to beat the J-League champions goalkeeper. (READ: Messi's answer when PSG asked him for an extension contract)

Checkout the video of Messi's first pre-season goal below...

#Messi scores in his first game of preseason with his right leg. pic.twitter.com/TfesNUkj8B — BEAUtiful  (Daknexx) July 20, 2022

Later on, the little magician displayed some genius moments on the field making the Japanese opposition look like field hurdles to set up left-back Bernard who assisted the second goal for PSG's win. Checkout the video of that play from Messi below...

Kalimeundo scores second for PSG
Bernard who assist it
But Leo Messi sets up with his starting passing play What a legendary playmaker#PSG #ParisSaintGermain #KawasakiPSG #kawasaki #messi #Messi #kalimeundo #bernat #friendly pic.twitter.com/FibYnHG6dA — Anonymous (JustThatYT) July 20, 2022

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