FC Barcelona | Summary, goals and results of PSG-Rennes in the French Cup

Without any shine and with one eye on Barça and the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the final of the French Cup, where they will face a fallen Olympique Lyonnais. It was Kylian Mbappé and little else. Almost all the opportunities came from his boots. He missed a penalty against an imposing Steve Mandanda, but scored the winning goal with the involuntary collaboration of the visitor Omari. A tedious match to complete the file.

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Lineups

Donnarumma; Achraf, Marquinhos (Danilo, 75′), Lucas Hermandez, Nuno Mendes (Skriniar, 75′); Zaire Emery (Gut, 75′), Vitinha, Fabian; Dembele (Marco Asensio, 75′), Kang-in Lee (Kolo Muani, 84′) and Mbappe. Guela Doue (Seidu, 56′), Omari, Theate, Truffert; Santamaria (Le Fee, 75′); Desire Doue (Rieder, 82, Bourigeaud, Blas (Terrier, 56′), Gouiri (Salah, 82′);

Marquinhos returned

From the first minute, Paris Saint-Germain besieged the goal defended by the veteran Mandanda. Luis Enrique wanted to avoid surprises and had a very starting eleven where the return of captain Marquinhos stood out. The Brazilian center back played his first minutes since the contusion he suffered in mid-February to his Achilles tendon.

Lucho’s layout was a 4-3-3 with the South Korean Kang-in Lee as a false ‘9’ and the speed of Dembélé and Mbappé on the wings. Kylian was the absolute protagonist of the first 45 minutes, for the good and also the bad.

At 11 minutes, the first face-to-face between Mbappé and Mandanda resolved in favor of the visiting goalkeeper, who deflected just enough to hit the ball with the post. A PSG that got stuck in the construction continued to insist, but it made a difference when it found meters to run. After half an hour, Omari could only stop Mbappé’s rapid attack with a grab. The PSG star shot hard, but it was centered and Mandanda put a spectacular hand to deflect.

Mbappé scores and apologizes

But just 4 minutes later, in the 40th minute, a long pass from Fabián Ruiz to Mbappé, a cross shot and a deflection from an unfortunate Omari to make Mandanda’s stretch impossible. Vertical goal and with very few touches as a formula. Mbappé, aware of his previous mistakes, apologized to the crowd at the celebration.

The second half began with a scare for the Parisians, when Gouiri’s low shot, unmarked, came close to the post. Julien Stephan’s men did not take advantage of the local defensive imbalance.

From here, PSG continued to monopolize the ball and reached 75 percent possession, but with a slow and predictable game. Marco Asensio, who came on in the 75th minute, had the sentence in his boots. He ran into the feet of a Steve Mandanda who kept his team alive until the last moment.

But Rennes, although they stretched, barely worried Donnarumma and PSG let the minutes pass until the final whistle. The Parisians fulfilled their objective of not getting worn out excessively and on Saturday (9:00 p.m.) a match awaits them, a priori even more comfortable, at the Parc des Princes against the bottom of Ligue 1, Clermont Foot.