Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of the rescheduled Champions League encounter between Paris St-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir. The match will start goalless in the 14th minute, the time last night's game was abandoned with fourth official Sebastian Coltescu accused of using a racist term towards Pierre Webo, Basaksehir's assistant coach. There is no place for racism in football.
Champions League / Group Stage
Parc des Princes / 09.12.2020
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Updated 09/12/2020 at 19:35 GMT
27'
Mbappe takes down a diagonal ball beautifully, but full-back Kaldirim is there on the cover and makes the tackle.
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24'
PSG look like they are in the mood tonight. They cut through the visiting defence with ease, but this time Ponck makes a successful challenge on Neymar. The Brazilian gets it back, but puts just too much on a through ball searching for Mbappe.
21'
GOAL! PSG 1-0 Basaksehir (Neymar): Oh that is beautiful! Neymar puts it through the legs of Ponck and then curls it past the goalkeeper with a gorgeous curling shot that hits the top right hand corner. Perfect. It's a goal that will be shown again and again.
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Goals1
On target1
Fouls against3
Free Kicks1
20'
It has certainly been an open start at Parc des Princes, with both sides spurning early chances.
18'
Chance for Mbappe! What an opportunity for the PSG forward to end his CL goal drought! He times his run to stay onside and races through with just the goalkeeper to beat. But his volley flashes over the top of the bar!
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15'
Basaksehir chance! Navas is forced into an early save on the night, with the PSG goalkeeper keeping Gulbrandsen's effort out with his feet. The home defence was opened far too easily there.
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14'
The game restarts with Basaksehir taking a free-kick. The clock, you will notice, is at 14 minutes and it's goalless.
17:54
Every player and match official take the knee as the Champions League anthem plays. It's a powerful picture. There can be no place for racism in football.
17:50
There are just FIVE minutes until kick-off now. Both sides are warming up with every player wearing an anti-racism t-shirt in what is a strong message of support to Webo.
17:45
Tuchel on Mbappe's goal drought: "I heard about that statistic and I was surprised. I can't explain it because he has everything needed to score at every level. He has the quality, the personality and the experience to be decisive."
17:40
Mbappe may have been on target at the weekend, but the 21-year-old hasn't found the back of the net in the Champions League in nine matches, a run that goes back to December 11, 2019 when PSG thrashed Galatasaray 5-0.
17:35
Thomas Tuchel's side come into this contest in confident form having recorded a 3-1 victory over Montpellier in Ligue 1 at the weekend, with Colin Dagba, Moise Kean and Kylian Mbappe registering on the scoresheet.
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17:25
PSG are already through to the knockout stages of the competition and will finish top of Group H with victory. Basaksehir's place at the bottom of the group is also confirmed.
17:20
Webo's red card has been frozen and he will take his place at the bench tonight.
17:10
TEAMS - PSG: Navas, Marquinhos, Pereira, Kimpembe; Florenzi, Verratti, Paredes, Rafinha, Bakker; Mbappe, Neymar.. subs: Fadiga, Gueye, Di Maria, Letellier, Kurzawa, Pembele, Dagba, Diallo, Rico, Kehrer, Kean, Herrera. /// Basaksehir: Gunok; Rafael, Ponck, Topal, Kaldirim, Kahveci, Tekdemir, Ozcan, Turuc, Crivelli, Gulbrandsen.. subs: Kaplan, Karakus, Babacan, Bolingoli, Kivanc, Giuliano, Chadli, Ba.