Although they advanced to the French Cup final, Paris Saint-Germain could not celebrate.
Because they have more important things to do.
Just three days later, Paris Saint-Germain faced Lyon in the French League Cup final.
During this period, Paris Saint-Germain is fighting on four fronts and the French Ligue 1, which has already won the championship, is still striving for a season-long record of undefeated teams, making the schedule and lineup of the Paris Saint-Germain quite tight.
Although this cup competition is not within the requirements for the treble, even if the championship is not won, it will not affect Lu Wenbin's freedom to terminate the contract and leave after winning the French Cup and the Champions League, as well as the club's main mission of winning the treble of the five major leagues.
But this championship has a system task reward, not only a single championship reward, but also involves the final five championship rewards of this season.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin will give his all in this game.
The same is true for other Paris Saint-Germain players.
After all, it is a championship. We have reached the finals. No one, including the coach and the players, will be willing to be the runner-up.
At 8 p.m. on April 19, the Stade de France was packed with people as the 2013/2014 French League Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon officially kicked off.
Lyon is currently ranked fifth in Ligue 1, which is a good ranking.
But the current quota for Ligue 1 is that the top two will participate in the Champions League next season, the third place will participate in the Champions League play-offs, the third place will participate in the Europa League, and the French Cup and French League Cup champions will also participate in the Europa League.
In other words, Lyon, who is ranked fifth, can't participate in anything.
To compete in next season's European competition, Lyon must either replace fourth-placed Saint-Etienne in the league or win the League Cup against Paris Saint-Germain.
As for the French Cup, Lyon didn't even make it to the final, so naturally they can't compete for the championship.
There are still several rounds of league matches to go, and the outcome is uncertain. But now the League Cup final is just around the corner, and as long as Lyon defeats Paris Saint-Germain, they will win the championship and qualify for the Europa League next season.
Although Paris Saint-Germain, with Lu Wenbin, has been very abnormal this season and has a very high winning rate, it still has lost games.
For example, in the second round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Paris Saint-Germain lost 1-2 to Chelsea away.
Therefore, after the game started, Lyon did not become discouraged, but played with the mentality of competing for the championship with Paris Saint-Germain.
No matter how strong Lu Wenbin and Paris Saint-Germain are, Lyon will have to fight for that tiny chance of winning.
Of course, Lyon will not be reckless.
Facing the Paris Saint-Germain attack group led by Lu Wenbin, launching a counterattack would be tantamount to seeking death. Lyon could only shrink its defense and focus on defensive counterattacks.
Moreover, they did not form a 4231 formation, but a 4321 formation, with three defensive midfielders playing a defensive counterattack.
Although Lyon was not as strong as Chelsea, they relied on the advantage in the number of defenders to keep the score at 0-0 for half an hour.
Of course, because the main focus was on defense, the offensive line did not receive enough support, and Lyon's few counterattacks did not cause any threat and did not even enter the goal frame.
After defending for half an hour with firm belief and numerical advantage on the back line, Lyon's defense was finally broken.
The attacker is none other than Lu Wenbin, who is anticipated by countless fans around the world.
In the 33rd minute, when Lu Wenbin got the ball in the midfield and faced the defense of two Lyon midfielders, he performed a stunning cross-crotch pass, breaking through the defense of two opponents and rushing forward.
Then, without waiting for the two midfielders who were passed by to chase back, and without waiting for the central defender in the penalty area to come out to intercept, Lu Wenbin took a long shot directly from outside the penalty area.
The ball went straight to Ibrahimovic at a very fast speed. Ibrahimovic ducked his head subconsciously and only felt a gust of wind passing over his head.
When I looked up again, I only saw the ball flying into the goal.
Because there were still many people in the penalty area, goalkeeper Viercutre was unprepared for Lu Wenbin's long shot outside the penalty area.
Although the angle was not very sharp, goalkeeper Viercutre still failed to save the ball.
Lu Wenbin finally scored the first goal in this final, helping Paris Saint-Germain lead Lyon 1-0 and gain the upper hand.
After taking a 1-0 lead, Paris Saint-Germain became much more relaxed and Lyon could no longer defend.
Because this is the final, there is no two-round match like the Champions League. If you lose, you lose, and there is no chance of a comeback in the second round.
If the score remains 1-0 until the end, Paris Saint-Germain will win the championship.
Therefore, next, Lyon had to strengthen its attack, while Paris Saint-Germain retreated, controlled the situation more calmly, and then launched a quick attack.
Such a situation is undoubtedly more favorable for Paris Saint-Germain.
Before Lyon could equalize the score, they lost the ball again in the 40th minute.
This time it was not Lu Wenbin's goal, but it was his assist.
Lu Wenbin moved to the side, broke through the wing to the bottom line and cut inside, then rushed into the penalty area, attracted the collective attention of the goalkeeper and two or three Lyon defenders, and then made a triangle pass back to the top of the penalty area.
Midfielder Motta rushed up from the midfield, shot the ball, and the ball went straight to the goal.
But the angle of this shot was not good, it was quite straight. If nothing unexpected happened, it would be caught by goalkeeper Viercutre.
Unexpectedly, Lyon defender Bedimou in the penalty area was eager to clear the ball, and even resorted to a diving tackle in the penalty area in an attempt to clear the ball.
As a result, Bedimmo touched the ball but did not shovel it out of bounds. He just touched it lightly, causing the ball to change its direction.
The change in direction caught the goalkeeper off guard. He didn't have time to react and could only watch the ball roll into the goal from the side of his body.
Paris Saint-Germain leads 2-0.
This score basically secured the victory. Although the first half had not yet ended, few people believed that Lyon could turn the tables.
A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half.
After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides and Lyon launched a strong attack, but they didn't have many ways to attack.
Not to mention Lu Wenbin, they don’t even have a player of Ibrahimovic’s level. How can they attack the Paris Saint-Germain defense led by Matuidi and Silva
What's more, the defensive master Lu Wenbin would occasionally disrupt or delay their passing attack in the midfield.
It was not until the 86th minute, when the game was almost over, that Lyon finally scored a goal from a corner kick.
However, before that, Paris Saint-Germain had already scored two more goals.
Finally, after 3 minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the full game. Paris Saint-Germain defeated Lyon 4-1 at the Stade de France and won the 2013/2014 French League Cup.
Together with the Super Cup at the beginning of the season and the Ligue 1 championship won in advance, Paris Saint-Germain has won three championships and can become a treble winner.
Of course, this is a pseudo Triple Crown, not the Triple Crown that everyone recognizes.
Lu Wenbin also completed the League Cup mission and received a reward of 500,000 experience points + 5 skill points.