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Coupe de France – Caen-PSG (0-1): PSG wins but loses Neymar to injury

At the end of a closed and not very exciting match, PSG eliminated Caen in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France but Neymar came out on injury.

Less than a week before their knockout stages of the Champions League against FC Barcelona, ​​PSG offered, without convincing, a qualification for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, as well as a very big concern about Neymar.

Neymar goes out on injury

Holder and holder of the captain’s armband at the start of a PSG match for the first time since his arrival at the club in 2017, Neymar was indeed out on injury just before the hour mark after a shock with Sreeve Yago .

Affected in the left adductor, we do not yet know the severity of his injury. Pochettino, who had planned to only play the Brazilian for sixty minutes, then brought Kylian Mbappé into play.

PSG then led 1-0 but did not have it easy. At the end of the first period, the score was also 0-0. PSG failed to explode the low block of Caennais and it was the Normans who were the most dangerous with strikes from Traoré (5th) then Pi (14th) brilliantly repulsed by Sergio Rico.

Back from the locker room, PSG finally found the loophole thanks to a goal from Moise Kean who took point blank a center line from Neymar (49th).

The premiere of Xavi Simons

After the injury of Neymar and the entry of Mbappé, PSG continued its domination but without taking shelter: Draxler (64th) then Mbappé (70th) brought the swelling to the back of the net but each referee refused , quite rightly, these goals for offside positions.

In the 78th minute of play, we witnessed a great first: the professional debut of Xavi Simons, a youngster of PSG aged 17 and who replaced Julian Draxler, little in sight during this meeting.

The end of the match was unbridled and Caen got a big opportunity with Zady Sery but the latter did not fit his shot while Sergio Rico was beaten (85th).

At the last minute, Kylian Mbappé then offered us an incredible ride but he lost his face to face with Péan: on the lookout at the far post, Sarabia tried his luck but a Caen defender pushed back in extremis. The referee whistled a few seconds later the end of the match.

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