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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 24106544" data-attributes="member: 158020">Paris Saint-Germain 1 Guingamp 2:  Penalty drama as holders exit Coupe de la Ligue   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/01/09/23/8334612-6575299-image-a-52_1547078222535.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Paris Saint-Germain's Coupe de la Ligue dominance came to a dramatic end as  Marcus Thuram overcame one penalty miss to convert another at the death in  Guingamp's eventful 2-1 away triumph.Having squandered a chance to put the Ligue  1 strugglers ahead from the spot, Thuram later held his nerve to convert the  winner from the spot in the 93rd minute.    PSG, the tournament's champions in each of the previous five campaigns, had  earlier gone ahead in the 62nd minute, Neymar breaking the deadlock just over a  minute after Thuram's initial miss.  But a second Guingamp spot-kick was dispatched by substitute Yeni  N'Gbakoto with nine minutes left and Thomas Tuchel's men were then sensationally  dumped out by Thuram's decisive strike in the final moments.   The first half of Wednesday's quarter-final provided little indication as to  the see-sawing events that followed as Guingamp's deep defence encountered few  scares outside of the inventive, looped volley from Kylian Mbappe that shaved  the post in the third minute.    Thomas Tuchel turned to Marco Verratti and Edinson Cavani at half-time and  his moves almost paid immediate dividends, the latter heading Neymar's cross  straight at Karl-Johan Johnsson.   The decisive period in the match appeared to come when Thomas Meunier -  making amends for the trip on Ludovic Blas that sent Thuram to the spot -  crossed superbly for Neymar to head in and compound the Guingamp forward's miss  that had seen him fire over from 12 yards.   But Cavani's lazy connection with Moussa Diaby's low delivery prevented the  hosts from going two ahead and PSG were their own enemies once more in the 81st  minute, Juan Bernat's tangle with Marcus Coco allowing N'Gbakoto to restore  parity by sending Alphonse Areola the wrong way.   Thuram then surprisingly stepped up to complete both an incredible comeback  and his own personal redemption, dusting himself off after being fouled by Thilo  Kehrer and condemning PSG to just their second competitive loss of the season,  Areola getting an arm to his effort but unable to keep it out.</blockquote>

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