Paris offers itself the Cup, and defeats the Monegasques

Whatever the outcome of Ligue 1, Sunday, Paris will not end the season empty-handed. No offense to its captain, Marquinhos, who insisted the day before on the champions’ trophy “already” won by his PSG this winter, Paris-Saint-Germain won, Wednesday, May 19, the 14th Coupe de France in its history, by winning against AS Monaco at the end of a dull final (2-0 ).

On this day of “liberation” of France, at the end of long confined months, the Stade de France was rather the type to respect the curfew. No fireworks on the pitch for this 104th final in the history of the venerable Cup, the first to be played without a single spectator – and hopefully the only one.

Much was expected of the duel between the current second and third in the French championship (behind Lille), especially because Niko Kovac’s men were the only French team to beat PSG twice this season. But the game never started. “The finals are won”, had insisted on the eve of the meeting the Parisian coach, Mauricio Pochettino; and its players have fulfilled their mission. Failing to have been brilliant, the Parisians have shown themselves to be tough and diligent, and have taken advantage of the opposing generosity to offer their Argentinian coach the first “real” trophy of his career – if we exclude the Champions Trophy.

“We have a really young group, and the highlight is the experience, commented after the meeting Monaco midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni. Lhe PSG is a Champions League team, a competition that we aspire to play next year, and we learned this evening that at this level, mistakes pay for themselves. We will learn. ” If Niko Kovac has multiplied the changes to try to find the formula able to annoy the Parisian defense, neither Volland, on several occasions, nor Gelson Martins, whose center-shot found the bar of Keylor Navas twenty minutes from the end , failed to deceive the Parisian doorman.

And the inevitable Kylian Mbappé was once again in charge of concluding the game. A few moments after seeing his brilliant inspiration – a lob from far away to erase an advanced Majecki – find the transverse, the French world champion completed the mark. Following a clinical attack signed Angel Di Maria, Mbappé, perfectly shifted, deceived the Monegasque goalkeeper (2-0, 81st).

“We work every day to have this type of emotion, reward and recognition, savored the Frenchman at the microphone of the broadcaster, while his partners celebrated this new coronation. When you play for Paris Saint-Germain, one of the best clubs in the world, the biggest in the country, every title counts. In addition, it is a young club. We want to be part of this story. It’s a great stop today. “

With now 14 titles in the Coupe de France, Paris accentuates its record, and tumbles full of confidence for the ultimate battle of the championship. On Sunday, Marquinhos’ teammates will have a second final to play, against Brest. But unlike Wednesday night, they will not have their fate in their hands (a victory from Lille to Angers crowning the LOSC). For its part, Monaco will have to recover from this defeat, at the risk of seeing Lyon steal third place.

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