Paris (AFP)

Last successful test, even in the stands: PSG, who dominated Celtic Glasgow (4-0) on Tuesday, won their 3rd preparation match by a large score before the Coupe de France final against Saint-Etienne, scheduled for Friday in Stade de France.

Captain Thiago Silva, who has extended his two-month contract to play with Paris in the finals of the national cups and the end of the Champions League, was imperial for his last match at the Parc des Princes.

The Brazilian defender, at the club since 2012 but at the end of his contract at the end of the season, will perhaps have a last opportunity to say goodbye to the supporters on August 5, during the last preparation match before the quarter-final of C1 against Atalanta Bergamo.

"Thiago Silva in Paris ... We sign direct", they even pleaded in a banner deployed just before kick-off, before singing a mini song in his honor at the end of the match.

Back in a classic 90-minute format, against the four 30-minute periods played against Beveren (7-0) on Friday, Thomas Tuchel's players wereted no time in continuing their goal festival.

From the start, Kylian Mbappé opened the brand. Perfectly launched by Neymar in depth, the French prodigy left no chance for goalkeeper Scott Bain (1-0, 1st).

First Parisian to score a goal under the tunic of the new Parisian jersey "Hechter", in homage to the design imagined by the emblematic former president of PSG, "KM" already marks the fiftieth anniversary of the club he intends to live "what let it happen ".

- More disciplined ultras -

Always so aerial since the resumption in Le Havre (9-0), his friend Neymar doubled the stake just before half an hour of play thanks to a deflected shot by the opposing defender (2-0, 25th). Placed at the heart of the game, the Brazilian N.10 once again flaunted his good physical shape by multiplying dribbling and ... defensive races!

If Thiago Silva and Marquinhos, aligned to the detriment of Presnel Kimpembe at the central hinge in the first period, left only crumbs to Odsonne Edouard, the Celtic striker trained at PSG, the Scots were very close to registering the first goal conceded by Paris since the restart.

On a header from the former Toulouse player Christopher Jullien, Keylor Navas, beaten, was saved by his right post (38th).

In the second half, Thomas Tuchel rotated his squad to give playing time to Presnel Kimpembe, Marco Verratti, Layvin Kurzawa and Julian Draxler. And it is Ander Herrera, on the lookout for a badly repelled ball (3-0, 48th), and the inevitable Pablo Sarabia who weighed down the mark (4-0, 67th).

On the side of the 5,000 supporters admitted to the enclosure, and the Ultras, under the surveillance of authorities and several players in French sport for having taken some liberties on the health protocol last Friday, the lesson has been learned.

While the Minister for Sports Roxana Maracineanu on Monday brandished the threat of a return to closed doors, "if the measures intended to combat the spread of the virus are not respected", the Parisian Ultras have been able to comply with the rules of social distancing, while ensuring the atmosphere in clear stands.

Security guards and other stewards, present in large numbers, were also on the lookout to enforce the wearing of compulsory masks. What to ensure an exit without false notes for Thiago Silva before the start of the big deadlines.

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