Paris Saint-Germain were crowned Coupe de France champions after a 2-1 win over Olympique Lyon on Saturday evening.
Bradley Barcola replaced Lee Kang-In before Lucas Hernandez's long-term injury presented Beraldo an opening, while Corentin Tolisso and Rayan Cherki picked out Lyon's changes.
Beraldo happened to be in the right place and time to fashion in the breakthrough on six minutes through a first-time shot following a cross, but he was repelled by Lyon goalkeeper Lucas Perri.
Outgoing skipper Kylian Mbappe struggled to influence proceedings – seeing the balance of the territorial play drifting either side of the equation well in a tense opening.
Former FC Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele answered to Luis Enrique's men quest when he popped up in an unmarked position on the far side of the box and nodded in from close-range.
The Ligue 1 giants did extend the lead ten minutes ahead of halftime after Fabian Ruiz got out at the far post and fired in off Perri from a tight angle aided by a goal-mouth scramble.
Mbappe squandered a glaring chance to add to the tally when he volleyed over on the stroke of halftime following a fast-pace move on the break-attack.
Lyon cut the deficit ten minutes in the resumption as Jake O'Brien made a glaring leap right at the near post to meet a corner-kick and nodded in comfortably.
It became a closely contested battle later on where at one end Achraf Hakimi made a timeous defensive intervention before going on the attack in the same sequence to draw Perri to a stop.
PSG were still stretchered nonetheless at the midway point of the half and were bailed out by a miraculous save from Donnarumma to smother Nicolas Tagliafico.
With Marco Asensio brought on by PSG in place of Dembele, the latter stages saw very little penetrations from either side.
The boys of Enrique though did enough to stay clear in the final exchanges and claimed the victory as well as the silverware on show.
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