Paris Saint-Germain have won the Coupe de France for the 12th time and are now four-time consecutive champions after a 2-0 win over minnows Vendee Les Herbiers.
Giovani Lo Celso's first-half strike and Edinson Cavani's second-half penalty secured the trophy for Unai Emery's men, who complete another domestic clean sweep, but their opponents deserve immense credit for making the French capital giants work so hard.
It was David vs. Goliath and the latter eventually triumphed but few, if any, would have predicted that the former would keep things as respectable as they did.
PSG are Coupe de France champions again and logically so, completing another domestic treble and Emery's first after last season's Ligue 1 failure.
However, while Le Championnat and the Champions League left Les Parisiens disappointed last campaign, it is only Europe that was missing this time around. That, though, has become the be all and end all each term for PSG, and even continued dominance at home will not cushion the blow of a second consecutive Champions League round-of-16 exit at the hands of Spanish opponents.
Emery will not be back next season and will pay the price for failing to overcome finalists Real Madrid on the continent, while some senior stars who were on the pitch against Les Herbiers might also follow the Spaniard out of the Parc des Princes exit door.
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