Lionel Messi welcomed back to PSG training with brilliant gesture

Paris Saint-Germain gamers fashioned a guard of honour for Lionel Messi on his 1st day again in training right after profitable the Environment Cup.

Messi’s Argentina triumphed in one particular of the all-time excellent finals against France, who had Kylian Mbappe to thank for scoring a hat-trick and sending the match all the way to penalties.

PSG teammates Messi and Mbappe both equally converted their place kicks, but Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni’s misses for Les Bleus ensured La Albiceleste were being victorious in Qatar.

Following getting granted an extended period of time of time off to celebrate and get well, Messi returned to PSG’s Camp des Loges coaching advanced on Wednesday.

He was greeted with a guard of honour by players and team as he took to the pitches, getting a small trophy from sporting advisor Luis Campos in honour of his achievements this wintertime.

PSG have struggled without the need of Messi considering the fact that returning to Ligue 1 motion, limping to a past-gasp 2-1 gain at property to Strasbourg right before losing 3-1 at title rivals Lens.

They vacation to Chateauroux in the Coupe de France on Friday before hosting Angers back again in Ligue 1 next Wednesday.

Messi is currently joint-ninth in the Ligue 1 scoring charts with 7 ambitions, even though he is level with Neymar atop the assists leaderboard with 10.