Paris Saint-Germain came close to retaining its title in the French Football League, by defeating its guest, Lionel Messi, in the return match of Argentine star Lionel Messi, 5-0, to relegate the latter to the second division, in the thirty-fifth stage competitions, Saturday.

Saint-Germain advanced through Spaniard Fabian Royce (22), before adding Moroccan Ashraf Hakimi the second (33), and was sent off later, a quarter of an hour before the end.

Kylian Mbappe scored a double with the start of the second half (47 and 54) to be the top scorer in the league, while Mohamed Youssef of the Comoros added the fifth goal against his team (73).

Saint-Germain raised its score to 81 points, six points away from Lens II, three stages before the end.

The match witnessed the return of Messi to the ranks of Saint-Germain, after his team decided to freeze his sentence against the background of his travel to Saudi Arabia without prior permission.

The Qatar 2022 World Cup champion and seven-time Ballon d'Or winner missed the 3-1 victory over Troyes in the last stage due to a two-week suspension from exercises and matches, after he missed one of the training sessions to carry out his duties as the Kingdom's tourism ambassador.

Later, the former Barcelona star apologized for what he had done to his team and colleagues, and returned to the capital club's exercises on Monday, but it seems that his adventure in Paris has come to an end with the Qatari-owned club.

After two disappointing years in France, it seems that Messi is looking forward to playing in Saudi Arabia next year in a possible deal that may re-ignite the fuse of the conflict between him and his eternal rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, who previously joined the ranks of Al-Nasr club.

Messi received a mixed reception, with boos on the one hand, and applause on the other, when his name was mentioned in the “Parc des Princes” stadium, when the names of the players were announced before the match, and when he touched the ball as it kicked off.

Royce opened the scoring with a beautiful shot on the outside of his left foot (21). Hakimi doubled the lead after the goalkeeper blocked an attempt by Mbappe to prepare the ball for the Moroccan, who followed it into the net (33).

After confusion in the defense of the guests, Mbappe scored the third goal from close range before adding the fourth in a beautiful way, after Spanish defender Sergio Ramos raised a long ball behind the defenders towards the Frenchman, Cedric Avenel tried to disperse it with his head, but it fell in front of Mbappe, who followed it on the bird in the net from the outskirts. Region.

He raised his league tally to 26 goals, two more than Alexandre Lacazette of Lyon.

Mohamed accidentally converted a shot by Brazilian Marquinhos into his own net.

The two teams ended the match with ten players after Messi's interference caused a fight. Hakimi, who was sent off against Lorient two weeks ago, received a straight red card after a fight with Toma Mangani, who was sent off in turn.

Ajaccio became the second relegated (23 points), after bottom club Angers.

Strasbourg scored a valuable 2-0 victory over Nice, in its quest to remain among the elite clubs.

This is Strasbourg's fourth victory in five league matches, with a double from Senegalese Habib Diallo in the first minute, an hour after a penalty kick (59).

And with the reduction in the number of clubs in the top-flight league from 20 to 18 next season, four teams will be relegated at the end of the season, and two will go up from the second division.

Strasbourg raised its score to 38 points in the fourteenth place, six points away from the seventeenth-placed Nantes.

And with the relegation of Angers officially bottom since stages (14 points), the eighteenth Ajaccio (23), and the expected relegation of the nineteenth Troyes (22), the competition intensifies to avoid the seventeenth place.

The conflict is taking place between Strasbourg (38), Brest Fifteenth (35) and Auxerre XVI (34), who face each other Sunday on the ground of the first in a fiery confrontation expected, and Nantes (32), which falls on Toulouse on the same day.