After suffering more than expected against Espaly in the previous round, PSG moved to the 8th finals of the Coupe de France on the lawn of Le Mans, resident of National. With again a bis team aligned by Luis Enrique, with Safonov in the goals, Zague on the right, Mayulu in the middle, but also an offensive trio kvaratskhelia-Ramos-Doué capable of hurting the 5 proposed by the Sarthois. As usual, the capital's club took control of the ball, while Le Mans was looking for verticality and the counter fatal above all.
No frank opportunity after around twenty minutes. Time to give confidence to the Manceaux, which may allow themselves to be burning. After a first bad recovery which already led to a shot of Goutout, the defense Mancelle was putting itself in danger, Lauray being counter at the entrance of his own surface by Ramos. Désiré Doué was not lounging and perfectly crossed his shot to open the scoring (0-1, 25th). There was not much more to remember from a disappointing first period in the game, between a gonçalo ramos little found and a kvaratskhelia too rough.
Decisive Barcola
At the break, Le Mans coach, Patrick Videira, was trying to boost his players. “The guys, we are making them doubt. We're going to have them. We can do it! »». But they also saw Achraf Hakimi replacing Zague on the right side, and Nuno Mendes replacing Lucas Hernandez on the left side. However, they managed to quickly create situations of counters, without managing to take over the last Parisian defender. The match found a little pace, between sterile possession of PSG and lack of precision on the Manceau side. Luis Enrique then launched Vitinha and Barcola in the places of Mayulu and gifted to put more intensity. And it worked very quickly.
Balloon in depth of Nuno Mendes on the left side for Barcola. The tricolor international dropped off his opponent and was going to beat the goalkeeper under the bar under the bar, closely (0-2, 71st). Three minutes after his entry into play, Barcola gave his family a little. Hakimi failed to aggravate the scoring, on a counter, after a kvara caviar (73rd). But the event at the end of the match was the start of Presnel Kimpembe in the 81st minute, he whose last match dates back to February 2023! The defender trained at the club took the armband, and a yellow card, two minutes after his entry, for a fault that offered a dangerous free kick, but without consequences. We felt a defender lacking a landmark, even in his marking, but the main thing was that he finally repressed a lawn. With the qualification of PSG to the key.
