The loan signing of Paris St Germain for 2019-20 season, Mauro Icardi continued his fine scoring run by capping off a hat trick in the French League Cup quarterfinals to inspire the team to win by a huge margin of 6-1 on Tuesday. Paris St-Germain took the numerical advantage as St Etienne were down to 10-man in the first half of the game itself.
Yohan Cabaye scored the consolation goal for St-Etienne in the second half at Parc de Princess to reduce the margin of defeat to 5 goals in a game that looked like only one side took part in the game.
The things had started to turn ugly for the away side when Fofana was sent from the game for a bookable offense after he tripped PSG midfielder Marco Verratti in the 31st minute of the game.
In the 39th minute, Neymar doubled the lead for the side with a delicate and fine chipped finish after set up by Angel Di Maria. Also, a favor from Moulin helped PSG to triple the lead before the halftime. The ball took the deflection of Perrin before bouncing off the keeper to score the own goal.
Score: Paris St Germain 6- St Etienne 1
Goalscorers for Paris St Germain: Mauro Icardi (2′, 49′, 57′), Neymar (39′), Jessy Moulin (44′ OG), Kylian Mbappé (67′)
Goalscorer for St-Etienne: Yohan Cabaye (71′)
Red Card: Wesley Fofana (31′)