After a draw (0-0), the Parisians lost 6-5 to the shots on the goal at the Princes Park. Nice will meet OM in quarterfinals.
Le Monde with AFP
The Paris-Saint-Germain will not realize a triplet in the Cup of France. Nice eliminated the double holder of the title, Monday, January 31, in the eighth of final, after a shots session on purpose (0-0, 6-5 Tab). The Nice will meet the Olympique de Marseille in quarterfinals. This is the first time since 2011 they reach this stage of the competition.
The part ended on a missed attempt from the young Dutch Xavi Simons, 18, in front of the Guardian Nice Marcin Bulka, loaned this season by Paris. He had previously stopped a shot of Leandro Paredes.
Opposite, Gianluigi Donnarumma, the hero of Italy in this exercise in the semifinal and final of the euro last summer, did not stop a goal, that of Andy Deort .
It was deceived by a “panenka” of Dante defender, at the seventh attempt Niçoise, a gesture full of audacity that highlighted everything that missed PSG during the evening.
Mbed entered only at 64 e minute
It’s a slap that Paris-Saint-Germain has just received, two weeks from the eighth final go to the Champions League against Real Madrid. The Parisians had been finalists without discontinuing in the Coupe de France since 2015. Their last premature elimination went back to January 2014, in 16 e against Montpellier.
Certainly, several executives, expected against the Spaniards, missed this Monday night at the call against the eagles, like Marquishos, Angel di Maria and Ashraf Hakimi, selected in selection, or neymar and Sergio Ramos, wounded. The striker Superstar Kylian mbed, he started the meeting on the bench, and only entered the e Minute.
But with Lionel Messi on the ground, the team driven by Mauricio Pochettino should have shown much more, especially since she benefited from a full week of training to prepare. After a dull first period, the entrance to mbled gave a little going to his teammates. He even found the bar in the additional time (90 e +2).
Concerns do only accumulate for the PSG before Real, especially since this road exit recalls that against Guingamp in 8 e of the League Cup in January 2019, annunciating humiliation suffered against Manchester United in 8 e of C1 two months later.