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Lionel Messi scores stunning free kick as Paris Saint-Germain beat Nice

Lionel Messi scored a stunning free kick and Kylian Mbappe struck a late winner off the bench as Paris Saint-Germain beat Nice 2-1 at the Parc des Princes on Saturday.

Messi's 28th-minute strike was his seventh of the season for PSG and followed him scoring four goals in two games for Argentina on the just-completed international break.

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But Nice, the former club of current PSG coach Christophe Galtier, answered back shortly after half-time through Gaetan Laborde.