On the morning of January 24 (Hanoi time), PSG beat Pays de Cassel 7-0 in the round of 32 of the French National Cup.
Pays de Cassel, PSG’s rival from the 6th division. The composition of this club is mostly amateur players. Even Pays de Cassel’s home ground is not eligible to host the match. The two teams are arranged to play at Bollaert-Delelis, Lens’ home ground.
Before opponents of the same level, coach Christophe Galtier just let Lionel Messi rest, while Neymar and Kylian Mbappe still kicked. The PSG duo worth more than 400 million euros “dance” in the circle of semi-professional defenders and took turns scoring in the first half.
After 40 minutes, Pays de Cassel’s net vibrated four times. In the 29th minute, Mbappe received a cross from the left wing and shot a close-range shot. The ball hits a defender, changes direction, goes into the net.
4 minutes later, Mbappe dribbled in the circle of a series of home players, before passing Neymar to finish from a tight angle, doubling the gap.
In the 35th and 40th minutes, Mbappe scored the 3rd and 4th goals for PSG, both after subtle runs and finishes. “Ninja Turtle” completed his hat-trick in just 11 minutes.
Before the weak resistance of the yellow shirt defense, Mbappe added a fourth goal in the 56th minute. The 25-year-old striker took advantage of the goalkeeper’s error to finish in the empty net, raising the score to 5-0. . The first goal belongs to Neymar with an uncomfortable long pass.
64 minutes, the score was 6-0 in favor of PSG. The scorer this time is Carlos Soler. Fifteen minutes later, Soler stretched to the right from the right to Mbappe to finish close, setting a 7-0 victory. For the first time in his career, Mbappe scored 5 goals in a game for PSG. In total, he has 34 goals, 8 assists after only 33 appearances in all competitions for the capital team this season.
The big victory brought PSG into the round of 16 of the National Cup. Neymar and his teammates will have 6 days of rest, before entering the Reims match in Ligue 1 on January 30