Neymar-Fewer PSG Clinch French Cup Title
20 May, 2021
Coupe de France Final
Result: AS Monaco 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain
Date: 19 May 2021
Venue: Stade de France
Paris Saint-Germain, who were without Neymar, were crowned Coupe de France champions with a 2-0 win over Seeing as Monaco on Wednesday night time.
Mauro Icardi came set for the suspended Neymar Junior to business lead PSG’s attack alongside Kylian Mbappe with Leandro Paredes and Julian Draxler the different key changes.
PSG pounced towards 20 mins when Mbappe went one-on-one with their opposite amount from a defensive error to unselfishly feed Icardi to tap residence the opener.
Monaco as anticipated looked to grab an instantaneous equaliser from a ball into space by Youssouf Fofana to Kevin Volland, who however directed wide from a good smartly taken header.
Although the Parisans continued to hold ground 33 minutes in with a shot in the area by Alessandro Florenzi forcing Radoslaw Majecki to palm over following a pass from Angel Di Maria.
Krepin Diatta was the first of all change of the night time at halftime with Ruben Aguilar withdrawn as Les Monegasques targeted a complete turnaround.
This looked to fire up Monaco soon following restart, as Wissam Ben Yedder had goalkeeper Keylor Navas to utilize a clever first-time attempt from close-range.
Extra threats from Les Monegasques materialised prior to the last 20 minutes after a cross-cum shot from Gelson Martins deflected away Abdou Diallo and onto the woodwork.
The crossbar then denied PSG with ten minutes to go following an audacious dink from afar by Mbappe after he previously spotted Majecki off his goal-line.
Mbappe proved decisive within one minute after he raced onto a good through ball from Di Maria to use a cheeky chip above Majecki.
The Parisans sustained the closing seconds to include another little bit of silverware this season alongside the Trophee des Champions.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za