Following a 6-1 win over Dijon, Paris
Saint-Germain qualifies into the semi-finals of the French Cup on Wednesday
after.
The first goal came in just 47
seconds after the kick off, thanks to Wesley Lautoa shanking Mitchel Bakker's
low cross into his own net to the shock suprise of his teammates. This is the
second own goal in a week to be scored for PSG, who also saw Lyon's Fernando
Marcal slam a stunning effort past his own goalkeeper just at the weekend.
The host team quickly equalized in
the 13 minutes with an impressive low shot effort from Mounir Chouiar, which
squeezed past Kaylor Navas.
PSG squad were not on a full sqaud,
with Angel Di Maria and Mauro Icardi on the bench and Neymar not even in the
squad, Thomas Tuchel's team did include Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani, who
was making his first start in over a month after nearly moving to Atletico
Madrid in January.
The
Uruguayan was left waiting his 200th goal for the club in the 21st minute when
he turned home Thomas Meunier's cross, only for the strike to be ruled out for
handball by the Belgian after a VAR check.
"It's
not that bad because he can score his 200th goal on Saturday (against Amiens)
or Tuesday (against Borussia Dortmund). I can feel he's there," said
Tuchel.
On
the match, he added: "I'm happy because we deserved the victory. It's a
huge performance."
Kylian
Mbappe scored for PSG a minute before
the half time break, punishing Jhonder Cadiz's miss when clean through seconds
before by clinically slotting home a similar chance.
While
“Thiago Silva” scored the third goal four minutes after the break with a header
from a corner before Pablo Sarabia ended Dijon's resistance by pushing home his
11th of the season on the rebound.
Senou
Coulibaly watched on in horror with five minutes left when Mbappe's cross
looped off his thigh over helpless stopper Runar Alex Runarsson, before Sarabia
tapped home his second in stoppage time from another Mbappe centre.
In
the other match of the day, Lyon FC coach Rudi Garcia defeated his former club “Marseille”
as “Houssem Aouar” scored an 81st minute
winner. The winning goal came 10 minutes after Lyon's Moussa Dembele had a
penalty -- awarded when Hiroki Sakai handled a shot from Karl Toko Ekambi --
saved by Yohan Pele in the Marseille goal.
It was the third time this season
that Dembele had missed from the spot for Lyon.
Meanwhile
on Thursday night , fourth division side Epinal -- last 16 conquerers of Lille
-- will look to continue their stunning cup run going when they host
Saint-Etienne.
They
will try to succeed where fellow fourth-tier outfit Belfort failed following
their 3-0 defeat to holder Rennes on Tuesday.
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