• Neymar celebrates after PSG sealed victory over Lyon in the French League Cup final on Friday, July 31. AFP
    Neymar celebrates after PSG sealed victory over Lyon in the French League Cup final on Friday, July 31. AFP
  • Left to right: Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Marco Verratti celebrate their victory. AFP
    Left to right: Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Marco Verratti celebrate their victory. AFP
  • Paris Saint-Germain celebrate their victory at the end of the French League Cup final. AFP
    Paris Saint-Germain celebrate their victory at the end of the French League Cup final. AFP
  • PSG celebrate their victory. AFP
    PSG celebrate their victory. AFP
  • Neymar , right, defender Presnel Kimpembe and teammates celebrate. AFP
    Neymar , right, defender Presnel Kimpembe and teammates celebrate. AFP
  • Paris Saint-Germain's players celebrate. AFP
    Paris Saint-Germain's players celebrate. AFP
  • Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva, centre, and teammates celebrate. AFP
    Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva, centre, and teammates celebrate. AFP
  • Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe, right, celebrates with Thiago Silva. AFP
    Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe, right, celebrates with Thiago Silva. AFP
  • Kylian Mbappe celebrates with goalkeeper Keylor Navas. AFP
    Kylian Mbappe celebrates with goalkeeper Keylor Navas. AFP
  • Neymar with goalkeeper Keylor Navas. AFP
    Neymar with goalkeeper Keylor Navas. AFP
  • Neymar celebrates PSG's victory. AFP
    Neymar celebrates PSG's victory. AFP
  • Keylor Navas stops Lyon' sixth penalty. AFP
    Keylor Navas stops Lyon' sixth penalty. AFP
  • Paris Saint-Germain's players watch the penalty shoot-out. AFP
    Paris Saint-Germain's players watch the penalty shoot-out. AFP
  • Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Marco Verratti celebrate. EPA
    Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Marco Verratti celebrate. EPA

Neymar and Kylian Mbappe lead wild celebrations as PSG win French treble after penalty drama - in pictures


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Paris Saint-Germain completed a domestic treble as they won a dramatic penalty shootout against Lyon to lift the French League Cup.

Second-half substitute Pablo Sarabia scored PSG's final penalty in the 6-5 triumph after goalkeeper Keylor Navas had saved from Bertrand Traore to give the Ligue 1 champions and French Cup winners their ninth League Cup trophy, which will now be scrapped until further notice after failing to secure a broadcaster.

Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes made a string of good saves in a cagey 0-0 draw played in front of 5,000 fans at Stade de France, who were allowed into the stadium in line with coronavirus safety regulations.

Lopes denied Brazilian forward Neymar three times and also kept out shots by Angel Di Maria and Idrissa Gueye, while Navas kept out a Maxwel Cornet free kick at the other end.

Lyon defender Rafael da Silva was sent off in the last minute of extra time for a professional foul on Di Maria and Neymar blazed the free kick over the bar.

The Brazilian held his nerve to keep PSG alive in the shootout before Navas blocked Traore's penalty and Sarabia calmly slotted his shot past Lopes to spark wild celebrations among his teammates, with French forward Kylian Mbappe joining in despite missing the game though injury.

PSG, who beat St Etienne 1-0 in the French Cup final last Friday, will have a chance to complete a quadruple as they face Italian side Atalanta in the Champions league quarter-finals on August 12 in Lisbon.

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The 24-year-old married Pakistan cricket executive Asser Malik last year in a small ceremony in the UK.

Ziauddin Yousafzai told The National his daughter was ‘very happy’ with her husband.