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Barcelona Beat PSG to Claim Top Spot as Champions League Group Winners
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Barcelona (B2B) - Barcelona akhirnya memuncaki Grup F Liga Champions dan membuktikan lebih baik dari tamunya Paris St Germain dengan menang 3-1 dalam laga kandang di Nou Camp, Kamis dini hari WIB.
Tetapi PSG lebih dulu unggul ketika Zlatan Ibrahimovic yang menjadi satu-satunya pemain yang mencetak gol untuk enam klub berbeda di turnamen Liga Champions, menceploskan bola ke gawang Barca pada menit 15.
Gol Ibrahimovic ke bekas klubnya itu diawali oleh umpan Blaise Matuidi yang dituntaskannya dengan tendangan yang tak bisa dibendung kiper Barcelona Marc-André ter Stegen, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Ketinggalan lebih dulu tidak membuat panik Barcelona, sebaliknya empat menit kemudian pada menit 19, Lionel Messi menyamakan kedudukan menuntaskan manuver Luis Suarez yang menerima umpan dari Javier Macherano.
Ini adalah gol ke-75 Lionel Messi dalam turnamen tersebut yang merupakan rekor terbanyak terbaru dalam sejarah Liga Champions yang sebelumnya juga tercetak atas namanya sendiri.
Neymar lalu menggandakan keunggulan menjadi 2-1 pada tiga menit menjelang babak pertama usai.
Neymar menciptakan gol yang mempesona dari tembakan keras di luar kotak penalti PSG setelah menerima umpan Andres Iniesta.
Kedua tim tidak lagi bisa menciptakan gol pada babak kedua sehingga skor 2-1 bertahan sampai pertandingan usai.
Pada menit 77, giliran Luis Suarez yang menciptakan gol untuk Barcelona dan sekaligus menutup skor 3-1 untuk laga ini. Suarez menciptakan gol setelah memanfaatkan bola mental saat kiper Salvatore Sirigu menghalau sebuah upaya dari Neymar.
Pada pertandingan lain di grup ini, Ajax Amsterdam menang besar 4-0 dari tamunya APOEL untuk mencuri satu tiket ke Liga Europa.
Barcelona - The attacking trio of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez were all on target as Barcelona came from behind to beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 on Wednesday in their Champions League Group F decider.
Both sides had already qualified for the last 16, but first place was still up for grabs, with the French champions needing just a point at the Camp Nou and Barcelona having to win.
When Zlatan Ibrahimovic put the visitors ahead against his old club on 15 minutes, PSG appeared to be in control, but Barcelona's all-star front line all weighed in with goals to swing the match back the home side's way and ensure that they go through to next Monday's draw as group winners.
When Zlatan Ibrahimovic put the visitors ahead against his old club on 15 minutes, PSG appeared to be in control, but Barcelona's all-star front line all weighed in with goals to swing the match back the home side's way and ensure that they go through to next Monday's draw as group winners.
Messi equalised just four minutes after Ibrahimovic's opener, before Neymar put the hosts ahead on 42 minutes and Suarez secured the victory 13 minutes from time, ending PSG's record as the last club in Europe's leading leagues still to be unbeaten in all competitions this season.
With both sides having already qualified ahead of this game, Blanc had admitted that his men would be able to play with more freedom, as long as they could get the ball from their hosts.
Barcelona monopolised possession from the start, but PSG took the lead with their first shot on target, Ibrahimovic beating Marc-Andre ter Stegen with a first-time effort on his left-foot after Blaise Matuidi had laid off a Lucas ball in from the right.
It was the Swede's 12th goal of an injury-hit campaign and the first time he had ever scored against Barcelona, the club with whom he spent a year under Pep Guardiola in 2009-10.
