Ten times yellow and once red
In the turbulent game there were seven yellow cards before the break and ten in the end. Perrin looked after a rude foul on Kylian Mbappé Rot (31), the PSG striker had to be replaced a little later because of the painful injury. At the end of the second half, the 21-year-old limped back to the stadium on crutches and a thick bandage on his right foot.
After the end of the Ligue 1 season on April 30, Paris Saint-Germain had been awarded the championship title; this had sparked heated discussions. After the cup victory there are now two more titles: PSG will meet Olympique Lyon in the League Cup final on July 31. In the Champions League, the quarter-final duel with Atalanta Bergamo from Serie A is scheduled for August 12 in Lisbon.
Head of state Macron was in the arena when the ball rolled again after about four months of Corona forced break in French football. The final was subject to strict health regulations, and it was a fresh start after the controversial cancellation of the championship – this time with a sense of achievement for the Tuchel squad: Last year, Stade Rennes had defeated the big favorite PSG in the final.
For the French association president Noël Le Graët, the game had a high symbolic value. “The message is positive,” he told the daily newspaper “Le Parisien”. In Paris there is growing confidence that the Tuchel team could play in the premier class this time. “PSG will be hard to beat in the Champions League,” said Le Graët.
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