French Cup And PSG Opportunities To Win Treble

Kylian Mbappe (right) became the star of Paris Saint-Germain's victory when he defeated Stade Rennais and qualified for the French Cup final. (X/@PSG_Inside)

Paris Saint Germain maintained a treble chance after advancing to the French Cup final by beating Stade Rennais 1-0 in the semifinals of the French Cup at the Parc des Princes Stadium, Thursday, April 4, 2024 in the morning WIB. The forward Kylian Mbappe became the star of PSG's victory.

Mbappe scored PSG's only winning goal. The success of stepping into the final opens up PSG's chance of winning its 15th title in the tournament.

But more than that, PSG maintains the hope of winning trebles. Although he has never won a Champions League trophy, PSG has the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Manchester City who won three major trophies in one season.

Man City did it in 2022/2023 and for the first time the Cityzens won the Champions League.

Man City is also following the English Premier League teams that have lifted broad-eared trophies, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa.

PSG knitted the dream after stepping into the French Cup final. In the final, Les Parisien met Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) on May 25, 2024. In the semifinals, Lyon beat Valenciennes FC 3-0.

After stepping into the French Cup final, PSG is also getting closer to winning the French Ligue 1 title. Meanwhile, in European competition, Marquinhos et al have advanced to the quarter-finals. They will meet the Spanish La Liga giants, Barcelona.

Of the teams that have qualified for the last 8 of the Champions League, only PSG and Man City still have a chance to win trebles. If they are able to do so, then they will set a new record.

PSG became Ligue 1's first team to win three trophies in one season. This achievement also led PSG to be level with Barca, MU, Bayern Munich, Man City and Inter Milan.

They are few teams that have ever been red treble. Even Real Madrid, who are Champions and AC Milan's record holders, who have won seven trebles.

If Man City were to win trebles, the club would also set a record for the first time red three major trophies in a row. Man City became the first team in European football history and it would be difficult to repeat.

In the match in the semifinals of the French Cup, PSG has shown dominance.

Even Luis Enrique's team had the chance to take the lead in the early minutes of the match. The reason is, PSG was awarded a penalty in the 37th minute.

However, Mbappe failed to complete the execution. Goalkeeper Steve Mandanda managed to thwart Mbappe's penalty. However, the 25-year-old striker made no mistake by scoring a goal three minutes later.

He met a pass from Fabian Ruiz to break into Rennes' goal. This was his eighth goal in the French Cup.

Rennes had hoped to equalize and force a penalty shootout when Martin Terrier had a good chance to score. But he failed to complete that chance. The score remained 1-0 until the end of the match.

This is a difficult game. However, we completely dominated the game. Rennes was very good. In the second half we had the opportunity to add goals, but Mandanda had to admit that he played very impressively," said Enrique.

After the French Cup, PSG fought again in the league and Champions League in an effort to win trebles. They will face Clermont Foot on Sunday, April 7, 2024 in the morning WIB.

Furthermore, PSG hosted Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Thursday, April 11, 2024 in the morning WIB.

"Before we think about the Champions League, we focus first on the match against Clermont. This is important for the team to appear at a high level in all competitions," said Enrique, who will have a reunion with Barca, which he has strengthened and handled. Enrique also led the Blaugrana to win trebles.

"Facing my former (Barcelona) team would be nice. But I want us to be competitive and play a great game," he said.