Hajar Basaksehir 5-1, PSG Leads The Final Standings Of Group H

Paris Saint-Germain (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Paris Saint-Germain took over the top position of Group H in the Champions League after beating Istanbul Basaksehir with a score of 5-1 in the final match of the two teams at the Parc des Princes Stadium, Paris, France, Wednesday local time (Thursday WIB).

This result made PSG, who have qualified for the last 16 thanks to RB Leipzig's victory over Manchester United yesterday, taking over the top position from the hands of Leipzig.

The reason is, even though they both collect 12 points, PSG have the advantage of aggressiveness on away goals over Leipzig in the head-to-head record, according to Antara notes on the official UEFA website.

The PSG vs Basaksehir match has actually been held since yesterday but was stopped in the 14th minute following alleged racial action by the four match officials against one of Basaksehir's coaching staff, which resulted in a walk-out of the two teams' players and the match was resumed almost a day later with a change of ranks. official.

Both teams showed their unity voiced a message of anti-racism ahead of further football, but the result of the match showed PSG's firm dominance over Basaksehir.

Neymar packed a hat-trick to support PSG's victory, while another Le Parisien star, Kylian Mbappe, contributed two goals which the visitors could only reply once through Mehmet Topal.

In the 21st minute, or seven minutes after football, Neymar continued to open PSG's lead with a beautiful shot following Marco Verratti's pass.

PSG's lead doubled in the 37th minute with Neymar's second goal which completed a Mbappe pull and the ball continued to cross the goal line despite being driven away by goalkeeper Fehmi Gunok.

Two minutes later, Mitchell Bakker managed to break Basaksehir's goal by cheating a wild ball from Gunok's tackle against Neymar.

However, referee Danny Makkelie disallowed the goal because Bakker was caught offside but VAR then awarded a penalty because Gunok was convicted of violating Neymar.

Mbappe successfully converted a penalty kick, who calmly tricked Gunok into increasing PSG's 3-0 lead over Basaksehir.

This goal at the same time made Mbappe the youngest player to score 20 goals in the Champions League at the age of 21 years and 11 months, surpassing Lionel Messi who previously had that record at 22 years and eight months.

Five minutes after halftime, Neymar took PSG further away by completing his hat-trick with a long-range shot that Gunok couldn't anticipate.

That is Neymar's third hat-trick in the Champions League, which makes him now only five records from the owner of the record for the most hat-trick in Europe's most prestigious competition, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who both have eight hat-tricks.

Basaksehir responded in the 57th minute with a lucky goal from Irfan Kahveci's hard kick which first hit Topal's knee, tricking goalkeeper Keylor Navas and changing the position to 1-4.

However, five minutes later, Mbappe scored his second goal with a simple finish on Angel Di Maria's cross in front of the goal to complete PSG's 5-1 victory over Basaksehir.