Paris Saint-Germain continues to chart its course in the Coupe de France after taking out Brest (3-1) in the round of 16 while Lyon pulled off a nice coup by getting rid of Lille (2-1) on Wednesday February 7.
One week before the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Real Sociedad, on February 14 at the Parc des Princes, Paris left no room for doubt against the third in Ligue 1 and had fun in front of its audience . Led by a very leggy Kylian Mbappé and author of the first goal, the French champions were at times shaken by the Brestois but this adversity did not prevent them from putting on a show.
Ten days ago, Brest managed to get back on the scoreboard at the Parc after being down 2-0. This time, PSG showed itself to be intractable and did not flinch despite the reduction in the score in the second half of the Bretons, whose hopes were definitively destroyed with the red card addressed to Lilian Brassier, guilty of two enormous fouls on Mbappé.
Luis Enrique took the opportunity to recover two key pieces for the big European meeting: Ousmane Dembélé, involved in two Parisian goals and back after feeling muscular discomfort last week, and the Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, returned from the CAN .
It now remains for the capital club to negotiate the reception of Lille on Saturday in the league, before moving on to their duel against Real Sociedad.
Lyon still in good shape after the transfer window
On the Lyon side, the improvement continues. After beating OM in L1 on Sunday (1-0) and extricating themselves from the relegation zone, the Lyonnais eliminated Lille at home (2-1), results which for the moment validate the winter transfer window carried out by the leaders.
Nice, the runner-up to PSG, did not provide details in Montpellier, crushed 4-1.
Strasbourg also emerged victorious from the other duel between L1 teams by dismissing Le Havre (3-1), who finished the game with ten men after the exclusion of Daler Kouziaïev.
For Petit Poucet Saint-Priest, a fifth division team (N3), the adventure ended against Valenciennes (L2) despite good resistance (2-1).
The feat rather came from Puy (N2), executioner of Laval, fourth in L2 (2-1). Tuesday, Rennes made short work of Sochaux (6-1).
The final match of the round of 16 will pit Rouen (N) against Monaco on Thursday (8:45 p.m.) just after the draw for the quarter-finals (8 p.m.).