In the opening minutes, Messi unleashes a left‑footed shot from outside the box that whistles just past the left post after a layoff from Carlos Soler.

Messi cuts inside and fires a left‑footed effort from outside the area, but Kasper Schmeichel gets behind it and makes a save in the center of the goal.

Messi times his run into the box and meets Nuno Mendes’ cut‑back, guiding a left‑footed shot from the center of the area into the high center of the net to put PSG 1–0 up.

Dropping deep, Messi threads a pass to Vitinha, whose right‑footed shot from outside the box is blocked by the Nice defense.

From a set‑piece situation, Messi delivers a teasing cross that finds Sergio Ramos, whose header from the center of the box sails just over the bar.

Taking a corner, Messi swings in a precise cross that Sergio Ramos meets with a firm header from the center of the box into the bottom left corner for PSG’s second goal.