Les Herbiers 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain
PSG completed the double tonight with a fourth consecutive Coupe de France, but Les Herbiers put up a great fight, staying right in the game until the 75th minute.
Edinson Cavani converted a penalty to make it 2-0 but that didn’t spoil the night for the valiant third tier team. The little Vendee club doesn’t often play football games like these, but the players performed with pride in their boots, while betting odds and football betting pundits gave them no chance.
The entire population of Les Herbiers was there, turning one end of the Stade de France into a sea of red, and they roared with delight as skipper Sebastian Flochon fired the first shot of the night to win a corner. From the resulting cross, Joachim Eickmayer shot wide.
As expected PSG soon took control of the ball and were unlucky not to go ahead, on five minutes, when Giovani Lo Celso struck the left hand post, and just three minutes later Kylian M’Bappe hit the same post from six yards. As the favourites ramped up the pressure Angel Di Maria headed just over before Lo Celso hit his favourite post again on 20 minutes! But the Argentine finally missed the post, and hit the net, on 26 minutes, firing hard and low from outside the box.
Dani Alves came close with a free kick but the minnows held out until the break, and as the half time whistle blew, with the score at 0-1, the Les Herbiers fans stood as one to cheer their team off the pitch.
As the second half got underway Flochon tried his luck from distance and then Edinson Cavani brought a fine save from Matthieu Pichot. M’Bappe thought he’d made it two, but the goal was ruled out as Marquinhos had handled. Pichot, once again, saved brilliantly again from Cavani, but Ligue 1’s leading scorer eventually put the game to bed when he drew a foul from the brave keeper and converted the resulting penalty.
Another trophy for PSG… and a night Les Herbiers will never forget.
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