Paris-SG won their 13th Coupe de France with ASSE this Friday at the Stade de France.
Special envoy to the Stade de France
Paris, whoever loses wins. Without shining or forcing their talent, the players of the capital disposed of Saint-Etienne on Friday, at the Stade de France, in the final of the Coupe de France (1-0). The 13th success in their history in this competition. A black point: the exit of Kylian Mbappé, injured on a tackle by Loïc Perrin, excluded. Note that this result offers a ticket to the Europa League in Nice, fifth at the end of the season in Ligue 1.
Jostled, PSG let his talent speak
“Let go, have fun, play our game,” proclaimed Claude Puel before the game. That’s exactly what his players did, starting the final in the best possible way. And pushing Parisians visibly out of form … Bouanga created three situations (5th, 16th, 20th), touching the post on the first. But it was PSG who opened the scoring, with a supersonic acceleration from Mbappé. Moulin opposed the “Kid de Bondy”, but Neymar was lagging behind (1-0, 14 ‘). The talent has spoken… As on this cover signed Di Maria, still upset by a great Moulin (25th). The match changed in the next minute, after Perrin’s attack on Mbappé (26th). Crowd, exchange of blows in the scrum, rain of yellow cards, the Saint-Etienne captain sent off and the Parisian striker injured. Like the young Mason’s stamp on Neymar (2nd) and Camara’s sole on Paredes (37th), the Greens were not dead hand in this first period (1-0 MT).
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In any case, the pace dropped significantly after these incidents and did not increase after the locker room. If Paris was digging a little physically, with many technical inaccuracies, Di Maria was very close to the break, his shot licking the post of Moulin (58th). The latter made the suspense last (59th, 73rd) and the Greens, combative, could still believe it. Upset by the vista of Roc Fofana, the Sarabia-Icardi tandem was close to killing the suspense (83rd). “Sainté” threw all his might into the battle in the “money-time” and thought he would get a penalty when Fofana collapsed at the entrance to the box … in vain (1-0, final score). We stayed there in this dull final.
Mbappé’s concern
Cozy atmosphere for the return of the round ball
Four months later, football resumed its rights on Friday, with this first official match organized on French soil. The health crisis is nevertheless anything but behind us, security has come before the party. And that’s okay … But the mood took a hit. From the edge of the Stade de France to the stands, you had to pinch yourself to believe a match of this magnitude was taking place. Coronavirus requires, the gauge was set at 5,000 people. This does not mean 5,000 supporters, this figure taking into account all those who were in the stadium, families of the players, security, journalists… There were in fact only 2805 spectators, but no Ultras, which have decided not to come. This 103rd Coupe de France final, of average quality moreover, will therefore have been played in a lunar atmosphere. Something electric sometimes …
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