PSG escaped on penalties in Lens (1-1, 4-3), Sunday evening in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France, where AJ Auxerre was the only L1 team eliminated by a lower division club, Dunkirk (L2).
In the afternoon, Marseille and Monaco had quietly secured their qualification for the next round.
Paris suffered at Bollaert. Trailing, defending champion Paris SG had to rely on goalkeeper Matvei Safonov, who started in place of the injured Gianluigi Donnarruma and made two saves on attempts by Mbala Nzola and Andy Diouf.
The Lensois opened the scoring with Adbukodir Khusanov with a half-volley (66th) but Gonçalo Ramos quickly equalized with a pivotal shot after a big error from Kevin Danso (70th).
Paris SG will have a less tough 16th by going to Espaly, resident of National 3 and scorer of Dijon (N1), also on penalties on Friday.
The clash of the next round will pit Marseille against Lille at the Vélodrome stadium. Another match between elite clubs, Monaco will travel to Reims.
Dunkirk, unexpectedly third in Ligue 2 after struggling to maintain last season, continued its dream start to the season by winning 1-0 at the Abbé-Deschamps stadium. The Dunkirks took a decisive advantage in the first period thanks to the goal scored in the 26th minute by Enzo Bardeli.
Another Ligue 1 club eliminated on Sunday, before the meeting between Paris SG and Lens on Sunday evening, Saint-Étienne sank against Marseille (4-0). Quickly reduced to 10, the Stéphanois did not exist in a game where Luis Henrique (1 goal, 2 assists) shone.
Opposed to Union Saint-Jean, resident of Regional 1 (6th division), Monaco did not tremble either and logically won (4-1) at the Toulouse Stadium.
In a poster which had a flavor of Ligue 1, Bordeaux, which has been playing in National 2 (5th div) since this season, resisted Rennes for a time. But the Girondins, who opened the scoring in the 18th minute, sank after returning from the locker room to lose (4-1).
Other elite clubs involved on Sunday, Reims and Angers held their place, respectively against Still Mutzig (R1) 3 to 1 and Bobigny (N2) 1 to 0, to reach the 16th finals for which the draw will take place at 8:00 p.m.
On penalties, Sochaux (N1) eliminated Clermont (L2) (0-0, 5 tab to 3) and Valenciennes (N1) won (2-2, 5 tab to 4) against Thionville (N2) , despite Lorraine's equalizer in added time.
In a Ligue 2 duel, Guingamp dominated poorly ranked Caen (2-1). The logic was respected for Quevilly-Rouen (N1), which won 2-0 against Saint-Philibert-de-Grand-Lieu (N3), and for Le Mans (N1), which crushed Marmande (R2 ) 7 to 0.
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