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PSG Set Up French Cup Final Date With Rennes

By Daily Sports on April 4, 2019

Holders Paris Saint-Germain will play Rennes in the French Cup final later this month after beating 10-man Nantes 3-0 in their semifinal tie on Wednesday as Kylian Mbappe scored one penalty after missing another.

Mbappe’s two spot-kicks came after he set up Marco Verratti for the opener in the first half at the Parc des Princes, with substitute Daniel Alves wrapping up the victory late on.

The result keeps Thomas Tuchel’s team on course to win a domestic league and cup double, which would go some small way to easing the pain of their exit from the Champions League in the last 16 at the hands of Manchester United.

“After the first goal it was a little easier,” said PSG captain Thiago Silva.

“We had to try and score the second because if it had stayed at 1-0 it would have been more difficult.

“I think we deserved this result even if it was difficult and we still deserved to be in the final, which is important for the club.”

PSG are 20 points clear at the top of Ligue 1 with nine matches left and could be crowned champions for the sixth time in seven seasons as early as Sunday, if they beat Strasbourg and second-placed Lille lose their game.

The Qatar-owned club can also win the French Cup for the fifth year running, and a record 13th time overall, when they play Rennes in the final at the Stade de France in Paris on April 27.

Rennes reached the final by winning 3-2 at Lyon on Tuesday, but the Brittany club have been knocked out of the Cup in each of the last two seasons after heavy defeats against PSG.

•Source: SuperSport. Photo shows PSG players

Source Daily Sports

Posted April 4, 2019