The draw for the knockout stages of the French Cup has returned its verdict and PSG will challenge a National 1.
After its difficult qualification (2-4) against lovers of FC Espaly (N3, the French D5), Wednesday evening, PSG inherited the Le Mans FC, team of National 1, in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. The draw was made on Monday evening on the BeIN Sports set by Daniel Narcisse.
The meetings will be scheduled on Tuesday 4, Wednesday 5 and Thursday, February 6. The training of Luis Enrique will therefore go into the Sarthe (the Marie-Marvingt stadium, ex-Mmarena, is two hours drive from the Parc des Princes), a week after his last match of the first phase of the Champions League against Stuttgart. The LDC’s first -round potential will be scheduled the next week. The blood and gold, they have not returned to Ligue 2 since 2020 and the stop of the professional championships.
LOSC, the other favorite in the competition now, awaits the winner of Haguenau (N2) -Dunkerque (L2), postponed due to frost and scheduled for January 22. Nice will go to a N2, Saint-Brieuc, Reims with a N3, Bourgoin-Jallieu, the Ol fall, while Toulouse will receive Guingamp. Only one shock between elite clubs on the program: Strasbourg-Angers.
The 8th finals:
Stade Briochin (N2) -OGC Nice (L1)
FC Bourgoin-Jallieu (N3) -Stade de Reims (L1)
Troyes (L2) -Stade Brestois (L1)
Le Mans FC (N1) -Paris SG (L1)
Toulouse FC (L1) -ea Guingamp (L2)
AS Cannes (N2) -Dives-Cabourg (N3)
RC Strasbourg (L1) -Angers SCO (L1)
Lille (L1) -haguenau (N2) or Dunkirk (L2)