Paris Saint-Germain have been in no temper to humour a cup upset as they thumped sixth-tier Pays de Cassel 7-0 in the Coupe de France spherical of 32 on Monday.
PSG weren’t at 100% however Christophe Galtier did not go far off. Neymar and Mbappe each featured up prime, whereas common starters Sergio Ramos and Nuno Mendes each featured on the again.
The Ligue 1 leaders almost acquired issues underway with an early objective as Neymar’s by means of ball despatched Mbappe to fit house, however the Frenchman was shortly (and accurately) known as again for offside.
Despite the apparent gulf in high quality, Pays de Cassel did not shrink back from attempting to take the sport to PSG, with midfielders Baptiste Leclerc and Nicolas Bruneel each having fun with good stints in possession.
Unfortunately, their spirited efforts may solely take them to this point as PSG opened the scoring by means of Mbappe on the half-hour mark.
Mendes’ low cross discovered Mbappe in the field and his effort took a spark off a defender on its approach to the web, opening the floodgates for the Parisians.
Neymar netted just a few moments later after some wonderful one-twos with Mbappe, and earlier than you possibly can catch your breath, the Frenchman chipped the ball into the again of the web to make it three.
PSG ought to have had a fourth when Neymar blazed over from shut vary quickly after, however Mbappe made up for it by securing his hat-trick five minutes earlier than the interval with one other pleasant dink.
Mendes was the one participant eliminated at half time, with PSG nonetheless decided to maintain including to their tally. Vitinha noticed an effort cleared off the road and Renato Sanches fired large, however objective quantity five did come ten minutes into the second half as a significant error from Pays de Cassel goalkeeper Romain Samson gifted Mbappe with the best objective of his profession.
Carlos Soler made it 6-0 after the hour mark with an audacious backheel, and PSG continued to throw all the things they’d at their minnow hosts as Neymar introduced out his tips to flex his dominance.
It was Mbappe who scored the seventh, thumping house his fifth from shut vary to cap off an emphatic, albeit unsurprising, victory.
GK: Keylor Navas (7); RB: Timothee Pembele (7); CB: Sergio Ramos (7); CB: Danilo Pereira (8); LB: Nuno Mendes (8); CM: Vitinha (9); CM: Renato Sanches (7); CM: Carlos Soler (9); AM: Neymar (10); ST: Hugo Ekitike (6); ST: Kylian Mbappe (10).
Substitutes: Juan Bernat (7), Achraf Hakimi (7), Fabian (7), Ismael Gharbi (7), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (7)
