Dimitri Payet nets trademark free-kick to save Brazilian giants from relegation

West Ham icon Dimitri Payet rolled back the years by scoring a last-gasp free-kick for Vasco da Gama.

The Brazilian giants are teetering on the edge of the relegation zone with five games to go, but Payet helped seal an absolutely gargantuan three points for the club as they head into the final weeks of the season. In the fourth minute of added time against bottom side American MG, Payet curled a gorgeous effort over the wall and into top corner to secure a 2-1 victory for his team.

It wasn't quite Crystal Palace-levels of beauty, but the strike was as sensational as any bit of magic the Frenchman, 36, conjured up during his scintillating year-and-a-half stint in the Premier League. And as you might imagine, fans on social media were absolutely loving it.

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"Classic Payet. Man I wish he stayed in the Prem longer," one person commented on X. Another said: "His dead ball ability is something else," while a third simply wrote: "Phwoarrr."

Vasco da Gama, who have won the Brazil's Serie A four times, aren't safe yet, but their latest win moves them three points clear of Cruzeiro and five clear of Goias – the only teams currently in the relegation places who can feasibly overtake them.

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Payet was an absolute sensation for West Ham. He scored 12 goals in 38 games in his only full season with the club, with free kicks against the likes of Palace, Manchester United and Bournemouth – as well as his utterly bonkers solo goal against Middlesbrough – forever etched into the minds of Hammers fans the country over.

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He joined from Marseille in 2015, and controversially forced a move back there 18 months later citing troubles in his personal life. The midfield maestro spent the next seven seasons on the French south coast before sealing a move to Vasco da Gama in August.

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