Mbappe gets ready to say goodbye as PSG digest Champions League exit
Kylian Mbappe is set to play his last game for Paris
Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes when they host Toulouse on Sunday, in
their first outing since being eliminated from the Champions League.
PSG's hunt for elusive European glory will go on
into another year after they went out in the semi-finals to Borussia Dortmund,
a 1-0 loss in Tuesday's second leg at home sealing a surprise 2-0 aggregate
defeat.
It means Mbappe will not get the send-off he had
hoped for in the Champions League final at Wembley on June 1 and will end his
seven-year spell at PSG without ever having won Europe's elite club
competition.
Mbappe informed PSG privately in February of his
intention to depart when his contract expires at the end of the current
campaign.
The 25-year-old has never said as much publicly
though, far less confirmed where he will be going next, but it appears certain
that he is bound for Real Madrid.
In the meantime, Mbappe and his current club will
hope to finish the season on a high, with PSG still able to complete a clean
sweep of domestic honours.
They have already secured the Ligue 1 title, their
10th in the last 12 seasons, and will pick up the trophy after Sunday's game
against mid-table Toulouse, which will be their last of the campaign on home
turf.
PSG, who have also won the Champions Trophy,
France's equivalent of a Super Cup, will then meet Lyon in the French Cup final
in Lille on May 25.
"Not everything is to be chucked in the bin. We
still have objectives and a French Cup final to come," Mbappe told
reporters after the Dortmund defeat.
"We are going to keep working. We will try to
win that final and then we will assess how the season went, what was good and
what was not so good."
Mbappe did not find the net in either leg of the
Dortmund tie but has scored 43 goals in all competitions this season, with 26
of those coming in Ligue 1.
He will still hope to add to his club-record tally
of 255 goals for PSG and win another medal in that Cup final -- Mbappe has so
far won six Ligue 1 titles, three French Cups and the now defunct League Cup
twice in his seven years at his hometown team.
After Sunday's game, PSG will complete their league
campaign with away matches at Nice and at relegation-threatened Metz, before
Mbappe wraps up his career at the club in that Cup final.
The Dutch poacher has built on an impressive first
campaign in French football by netting 18 goals in all competitions this season
for Toulouse.
Dallinga, 23, made his debut for the Netherlands in
November and will be hoping for a call-up for Euro 2024. An impactful
performance against PSG this weekend will do his chances no harm and may help
convince other clubs to approach Toulouse with a bid during the summer.
6 - Mbappe is set to end the season as Ligue 1's top
scorer for the sixth successive year
6 - Monaco are on the verge of qualifying for the
Champions League to end a six-year absence from the competition
6 - Lorient have suffered six straight defeats, and
a seventh on the bounce this weekend could be enough to relegate them
Friday
Brest v Reims, Nice v Le Havre
Sunday
Clermont v Lyon, Marseille v Lorient, Montpellier v
Monaco, Nantes v Lille, Paris Saint-Germain v Toulouse, Rennes v Lens,
Strasbourg v Metz
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