French Cup. Lack of Le Mans, Paris spins in quarters … and a rewarding ghost!

Paris Saint-Germain, widely revamped at the beginning of an intense February, eliminated Le Mans this Tuesday (2-0) on a quiet pace, without forcing its talent throughout the match.
Dembélé left to rest
In an excellent pass since he ensured his presence in accession dams in the knockout stages of the Champions League, PSG, a solid leader of Ligue 1, validated his ticket in the quarter -finals of the Coupe de France, in Leaving his executives at rest and in particular Ousmane Dembélé, author of two triplets in a week.
Deprived of Zaïre-Emery (injured in an ankle), with Marquinhos, Donnarumma, Neves LEGAGE and Barcola, Hakimi, Mendes and Vitinha on the bench at the start, Luis Enrique wanted to preserve forces and not to spoil the Energy while his team plays the Champions League dams against Brest next week after Monaco in Ligue 1 Friday evening.
Kvaratskhelia timide, Ramos transparent
On the other hand, the Spanish technician aligned the winter recruit Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on the left side, still a little shy against 6e national, and which still needs a little time to adapt to the game of Luis Enrique, which requires a lot of permutations.
This was also the case of striker Gonçalo Ramos, who has played the role of “Super-Sub” for a few weeks but holder on Tuesday evening: the Portuguese was transparent almost the entire match, except when he went to get the ball In the heart of the game. So effective when it is replacement, this match has confirmed that it is more sharp in this role.
Goutout opens the scoring
Conversely, Désiré Doué continues his good form: he took advantage of a short recovery error of the goalkeeper and an opposing defender to open the score of a cross shot, just after having missed a big opportunity (1- 0, 25e).
On their first error, the Sarthois were sanctioned by the Parisians, who had struggled to get out of Espaly in the previous round (4-2) in particular because of approximations of the goalkeeper Arnau Tenas.
Tuesday evening, the Spanish coach preferred to him the Russian Matveï Safonov, who only had to work on at the end of the match, even if the defense left too many spaces and had concentration swings.
“The collective is always stronger than any other individual. The Coupe de France was made to create exploits, ”launched his players the Le Mans coach, Patrick Videira, in the locker room before the start of the game.
Effective Barcola
Serious and applied, the Sarthois hurt Parisians, who came out each time and were helped by the efficiency of Bradley Barcola.
Barely returned (68e) and ideally served by Nuno Mendes, the winger made his speed and his sense of timing speak by perfectly arming his shot (2-0, 71e).
Kimpembe finally replayed
The meeting was marked by the entrance to Presnel Kimpembe, who had not played for two years and his injury to the Achilles tendon. With the armband – given for the symbol – he caused a dangerous free kick and received a yellow card in stride (84e).
The crazy Parisian period continues. This season, Paris does not lose even when the players in the capital play with the brake. Holding the title, PSG therefore continues its journey in the competition, won 7 times over the last 10 editions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2024).