Play matches with amateur footballers in the sixth tier of the French league. The coach of PSG brought down almost the entire strength of the team against such a team. Then as it happened, it happened. Kylian Mbappe sent the ball into the net 5 times in a row against Pace Di Kassel. Neymar is also a goal. PSG won the French Cup Round of 32 match 7-0.
Pays de Cassel began its journey in 2018 after a merger of several smaller clubs in the Nord division of France. Playing in the sixth tier of French football, Regional One, the club faced PSG in the round of 64 of the French Cup after defeating fourth tier side Wasquehal in a tiebreaker.
Kassel does not have a large field of its own. The match was held at Ligue 1 club Las Bolairet-Deleus Stadium. Resting Lionel Messi and fielding almost full strength team. But wee had to wait almost half an hour to get the first goal against Kassel. Before that, Neymar also saw a yellow card for tackling. Mbappe gave PSG the first goal in the 29th minute. Nuno Mendez’s cross easily put the ball into the net. Neymar doubled the goal within four minutes. After conceding 2 goals in a row, Kassel got confused in defense. Mbappe completed the hat trick by scoring 2 more goals in the 34th and 40th minutes.
This 24-year-old French striker scored two hat-tricks in two months. He scored the previous hat-trick in the World Cup final against Argentina.
After taking a 4-0 lead in the first half, PSG did not reduce their attack edge in the second half either. Mbappe scored two more goals in the 56th and 79th minutes. This is the first time in the history of PSG that someone has scored 5 goals. Mbappe has advanced to another place in PSG history by scoring 5 goals in one match. Edinson Cavani scored the most 200 goals for the Paris club. The French star needs just 4 more goals to overtake the Uruguayan forward. Spanish midfielder Carlo-Sol scored another goal in the 60th minute. Mbappe’s 2 goals in the second half.
After the big win, PSG is not getting an easy opponent in the fight to reach the quarters.