Despite being 2 goals upfront after 21 minutes, Paris Saint-Germain has lost the Coupe de France final to Rennes on penalties.
Rennes made an incredible comeback from two goals down to beat Paris Saint-Germain on penalties after a 2-2 draw in the Coupe de France final.
Kylian Mbappe was shown red in extra time just before Christopher Nkunku failed to convert the crucial effort from the spot to deny PSG a fifth triumph in a row in the competition, putting further pressure on head coach Thomas Tuchel.
The Ligue 1 champions, Paris Saint-Germain had led 2-0 after just 21 minutes thanks to beautiful goals from Dani Alves and Neymar, making his first start since returning from the foot injury suffered in January.
A Presnel Kimpembe own goal and a header from Mexer saw Rennes come back into the contest, though, and it was Julien Stephan’s men who kept their calm in the shoot-out to win the trophy for the first time since 1971.
Alves took a dreadful free-kick just three minutes before he put Paris Saint-Germain on the scoreboard in a sensational fashion, meeting Neymar’s deep corner with an unstoppable volley from the edge of the area.
Eight minutes after that, Alves started a sharp counter-attack that saw Angel Di Maria play a fine forward pass to Neymar, who lobbed the goalkeeper, Tomas Koubek in impudent fashion.
M’Baye Niang hit the post as Rennes threatened a comeback, though, and when Kimpembe turned Hamari Traore’s cross into his own net, the Ligue 1 champions suddenly looked shaky.
Koubek made a fine save to avoid another fierce Alves strike, but just as PSG started to gain control of proceedings again, Mexer escaped Di Maria at a corner to head home Rennes’ equaliser.
The game had to be decided with a shootout as all 11 of the first penalties were scored, before Nkunku sent his effort high over the crossbar to trigger wild Rennes celebrations.