PARIS, May 13, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Kylian Mbappe scored on his final home

appearance as a Paris Saint-Germain player on Sunday but the French champions
suffered a surprise 3-1 defeat against Toulouse on the night they picked up
the Ligue 1 championship trophy.

Mbappe confirmed in a video posted on social media on Friday that he would be
leaving PSG when his contract expires at the end of the season, ending a
seven-year association with the club.

Real Madrid is expected to be the next destination for a player whose
departure from Paris had been an open secret since February, when he
privately informed the club of his intention to move on.

Mbappe wore the captain's armband and opened the scoring early on against
Toulouse to take his tally for the season to 44 goals goals in all
competitions.

However, Thijs Dallinga quickly equalised for the visitors against a PSG side
which showed 10 changes to the team knocked out of the Champions League by
Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals in midweek, with Mbappe the only player
to keep his place.

Yann Gboho put Toulouse ahead with a brilliant strike in the second half, and
Frank Magri wrapped up the win in stoppage time as PSG suffered just their
second Ligue 1 loss this season, and their first in 27 games since September.

Mbappe has now scored 256 times for PSG, a club-record tally, since signing
from Monaco in 2017 in a deal worth 180 million euros ($194 million).

His tally of 191 goals in France's top flight -- including 16 with Monaco at
the beginning of his career -- puts him in seventh place in the all-time
list. Coach Luis Enrique described the 25-year-old as "a club legend" when he
spoke to media on the eve of the game.

PSG had indicated that celebrations after Sunday's match would be dedicated
to their title triumph, rather than any specific tribute to Mbappe himself.

There were even some jeers from the crowd for the striker when the teams were
read out before the game, although a huge display was unfurled before kick-
off at one end of the stadium depicting Mbappe in a trademark pose with his
arms folded.

"I heard applause, the supporters paid him a deserved tribute, he is a club
legend despite his youth," said Luis Enrique who described the banner as
"beautiful".

The Qatar-owned club had already wrapped up a record-extending 12th French
title, and 10th in 12 years, before hosting a Toulouse side who were
themselves safe from any lingering threat of relegation.

PSG's Champions League disappointment means Mbappe will leave the club
without ever having got his hands on European football's greatest prize.

With Mbappe, PSG were runners-up in 2020 and have since reached the last four
on two further occasions, but the France captain will now hope to finally get
his hands on the trophy at his next club.

PSG can still finish the season by completing a clean sweep of domestic
honours, as they face Lyon in the French Cup final in Lyon on May 25.

As well as Ligue 1, they have also already won the Champions Trophy, France's
equivalent of a Super Cup.

- Monaco into Champions League -

Luis Enrique's team will complete their league campaign with a visit to Nice
on Wednesday before going to Metz in their final game next Sunday.

Elsewhere, Mbappe's first club Monaco clinched second place and automatic
qualification for next season's Champions League with a 2-0 win away at
Montpellier.

Lille moved up into third place above Brest on goal difference as Jonathan
David netted twice in their 2-1 win at Nantes.

The top three in Ligue 1 qualify directly for next season's expanded, 36-team
Champions League with the team finishing fourth entering the competition in
the preliminary rounds.

Nice are fifth and trail both Lille and Brest by four points but still have a
chance of a top-four place before hosting PSG in midweek.

Lens drew 1-1 at Rennes to hold onto sixth, while Orel Mangala's goal gave
Lyon a 1-0 win at Clermont as they kept their European hopes alive.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Marseille beat Lorient 3-1 to also
remain in the European picture.

At the bottom, Clermont's defeat means they are relegated, while Lorient are
almost certainly down too as they trail Metz by three points with one game
left and have an inferior goal difference.

Metz, who lost 2-1 at Strasbourg, are therefore set to go into a play-off
against a team from Ligue 2 with a top-flight place for next season on the
line.