Saturday 9 April 2016 21:46, UK
Paris Saint-Germain rested their big guns ahead of Tuesday's crunch Champions League trip to Manchester City - but still won 2-0 at Guingamp on Saturday in Ligue 1.
PSG wrapped up the French title weeks ago and could afford to rest the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Angel Di Maria, Thiago Silva, Thiago Motta, Edinson Cavani and Maxwell.
Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp and captain-for-the-day Blaise Matuidi were the only players retained from the team which drew 2-2 with City in their quarter-final first leg in Paris last week.
A second-half brace by Lucas Moura handed a shadow PSG side victory at Guingamp. The Brazilian opened the scoring with a penalty 11 minutes into the second half - after Jeremy Sorbon tripped Christopher Nkunku in the box - and he struck again in the 71st minute.
"I am satisfied with their performance, especially in the second half," said boss Laurent Blanc, who sent out the youngest team to start a league game for PSG in a quarter of a century, with Matuidi the elder statesman on his 29th birthday.
"The players out there were still representing Paris Saint-Germain and when you do that you owe it to yourself to be irreproachable.
"Let's not forget there were still players out there who will certainly play at Man City. So it was good for them to gain confidence and playing time, because it's going to be a big match on Tuesday."
Matuidi will not play at City due to suspension, while the presence of Trapp must be in doubt after he came off at half-time with a knee injury.
Elsewhere in France Second-bottom Toulouse boosted their survival hopes with a 4-0 win over Bastia, who finished with 10 men at at Stadium Municipal, while Lorient won 2-1 at Caen.
A late goal from Nicolas De Preville gave Reim a 2-1 win over Nantes at Stade Auguste-Delaune to edge closer to safety.
St Etienne kept up their hopes of a top-four finish with a 1-0 win over bottom club Troyes, forward Neal Maupay scoring with 15 minutes left.
Maxwell Cornet's brace gave Lyon a 2-0 victory at Montpellier on Friday that saw last season's runners-up leapfrog Monaco into second spot before the rest of the weekend's matches
