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DI Maria nets PSG’s cup winner
- Updated: April 23, 2016
Paris St Germain completed the second leg in their quest for a domestic treble as Angel Di Maria’s late strike handed them a hard fought 2-1 win over Lille to clinch the Coupe de la Ligue.
With the score locked at 1-1 with 20 minutes left – after Javier Pastore’s opener was cancelled out by Djibril Sidibe – it looked like Laurent Blanc’s side might go away from the Stade de France empty handed as they were reduced to 10 men, Adrien Rabiot having received his marching orders for a second yellow card.
However, Di Maria’s 75th-minute winner means the Ligue 1 champions can make it a clean sweep in France with victory over Marseille in the Coupe de France final on May 21.
PSG dominated the early exchanges of the match and could have led with 22 seconds on the clock when Zlatan Ibrahimovic played in Di Maria but his shot from eight yards out was tame allowing Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to easily collect.
Enyeama also twice saved from Lucas Moura inside the first six minutes as Lille’s defence struggled to cope with PSG’s pacey attacks.
It was only a matter of time before PSG’s main man Ibrahimovic had an opportunity and this came on …
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