The joy was nowhere near complete for him PSG, who this Friday was proclaimed champion of the French Cup by winning 1-0 on Saint-Étienne but lost to an Mbappé who went home on crutches. The amount that unbalanced the balance was Neymar, who did get rid of falling injured due to the succession of very tough entries by ‘les verts’ who, in addition to Mbappé they splashed (though no injuries involved) others like Icardi, Paredes and Di María.
More than four months ago, there was no official match in France, and it was the Stade de France, with 5,000 spectators in the stands, the one that hosted a duel with more kicks than football. Because the Saint-Étiennand of Claude Puel He started well, focused on getting ahead on the scoreboard and coming to enjoy several scoring chances from his striker BouangaBut once he was at a disadvantage on the scoreboard, he devoted himself to distributing firewood.
The only goal of the game came in the 14 '. After partnering with Say mary, Mbappé a supersonic change of pace was removed from the sleeve to leave behind all the rivals who stood before him in his internship in the area to test Moulin. And although the goalkeeper of Saint-Étienne He managed to reject, the ball fell to Neymar, who did not forgive and sent him to the meshes.
From there came the aforementioned succession of actions of dubious sportsmanship by ‘les verts’. It was not the only one, but perhaps the worst, starring Perrin fulfilling the half hour of game. He went to the ground with everything, with the sole intention of knocking down Mbappé, and on the way he made his right ankle look like rubber. The referee in the first instance showed him yellow, but from the Var They warned him of the disproportionate action to get the legendary captain of the Saint-Étienne that in this way he said goodbye to football (he retired after this meeting).
From then on, the long period of inactivity of one and the other was noticed, a lot. The party lacked rhythm, and although the PSG did not achieve an additional goal with which to close the victory, at Saint-Étienne He ran out of gas to question it.
Shortly before lifting the title he returned to the bench Mbappé, of which there was no news since the aforementioned entry of Perrin that sent him to the locker room. He did it on crutches and sowing serious doubts that he will arrive in time to measure himself at the Atalanta on August 12 in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
He PSG He conquered the title and he himself goes to his showcases, but considering that his objective is to reign in Europe, perhaps he lost something much more important.