<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Lionel Messi scored a sensational bicycle kick to round off Paris Saint-Germain's 5-0 rout of Clermont in its first match of the new Ligue 1 season on Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Argentine's goal was the pick of the bunch as he latched onto Leandro Paredes' pass before controlling it with his chest and acrobatically sending it over the goalkeeper.</div><div><br></div><div>It came just six minutes after Messi had scored his first of the match, sweeping his finish into the bottom corner when set-up by the brilliant Neymar.</div><div><br></div><div>The Brazilian attacker had opened the scoring in an impressive performance before providing two more assists for Achraf Hakimi and Marquinhos to make it 3-0 before half time.</div><div><br></div><div>Messi then finished the night with a brace to give the reigning league champion an emphatic victory under new coach Christophe Galtier.</div><div><br></div><div>The result will be a warning shot to other teams in the French top flight given it came without starman Kylian Mbappe, who was absent through injury.</div><div><br></div><div>"The most important thing is to score goals, that is in Paris Saint-Germain's DNA and the DNA of the players here," Galtier told PSGTV after the game.</div><div><br></div><div>"So there is real satisfaction with those two elements of our game, attacking in numbers with lots of technical quality, and defending as a team." - CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>