The incredible summer for PSG starts tonight with the Coupe de France final against AS Saint-Etienne. In an almost empty Stade de France, the Rouge & Bleu attack their first chopper game with a title at the end. In this perspective, Thomas Tuchel made some surprising choices: Mitchel Bakker holds to the left of the defense, Layvin Kurzawa is on the bench. In the midfield, the doublet is made up of Gana Gueye and Leandro Paredes. Marco Verratti therefore starts on the bench. Well, less surprising is Thiago silva who is in central defense with Marquinhos.
Saint-Etienne wants to intimidate and from 70 seconds of play, Mason receives a yellow card for a nasty fault on Neymar. In the 5th minute, Bouanga easily enters the defense of PSG and his cross strike finds the post of Navas. The symbol of a complicated start for Paris. But an acceleration by Mbappé then a strike rejected by Moulin will have made the difference, Neymar recovering the ball to score (14th). At the 19th minute, Kehrer comes out on injury after a blow to the hip. In the 26th, Perrin dangerously tackles Mbappé, and it turns into a fight with a series of cards. The captain of the Greens is logically excluded after VAR. Mbappé limps out, hit in the ankle … The Parisians put their foot on the ball until the break. 1-0 for Paris but lots of cards and two injuries … In the second half, PSG are playing at a false pace, and we even see the Greens, outnumbered, approaching the cage of Navas. We leave it there. Any small victory for PSG synonymous with the 13th Coupe de France. But we have to be better at all levels. And fingers crossed for Thilo Kehrer and especially Kylian Mbappé.
PSG / ASSE
Final of the 103rd French Cup | July 24, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. at the Stade de France | Diffusers: France 2 and Eurosport 2 | Referee: Mr Delerue | VAR: Letexier and Schneider | Warnings: Maçon (2nd), Bakker, Paredes, Moulin (29th), Verratti (30th), Gueye (35th), M’vila (50th), Fofana (90th) – Exclusion: Perrin (30th) )
PSG : Navas – Kehrer (Dagba 19 ′), Silva (c), Marquinhos, Bakker – Paredes (Verratti 75 ′), Gueye – Di Maria, Mbappé (Sarabia 30 ′), Neymar – Icardi.
Substitutes : Rico, Silva, Bakker, Dagba, Herrera, Sarabia, Draxler, Paredes, Choupo Moting. Coach : Tuchel.
ASSE : Moulin – Debuchy (Krasso 83 ′), Fofana, Perrin (c) Kolodziejczak – Maçon (Moukoudi 34 ′), Camara (Neyou 46 ′), M’Vila – Boudebouz (Nordin 75 ′), Hamouma (Khazri 46 ′), Bouanga.
Substitutes among: Bajic, Moukoudi, Moueffek, Neyou, Abi, Khazri, Nordin, Rivera, Krasso. Coach : Puel.