Big favorites on paper, PSG kept their place to beat Orleans (4-1) on Saturday and qualify for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. Once again, salvation came from Kylian Mbappé, author of a double and two assists.
Paris in slow motion. After being carded at Revel in the 32nd final (9-0), PSG was content with the minimum to beat Orléans at the Source Stadium this Saturday (4-1) and validate its ticket to the eighth final of the Coupe de France. . On the new pitch, Luis Enrique’s men did not push themselves to eliminate a brave National 1 team.
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Orleans gave it all
Despite having two divisions of difference, Luis Enrique decided to deploy four attackers (Mbappé, Kolo Muani, Ramos, Asensio) to offer an attacking feast like against Revel in the previous round. Kylian Mbappe, the author of a hat-trick during the last Coupe de France match, quickly found a flaw in the Orleans defense, which was well served by Kolo Muani (1-0, 16th).
Dominating for the most part, the Parisians calmly managed their lead without making a break. Marco Asensio had several tries, but Matimbo was decisive in keeping out the opposition’s efforts. Not immune, PSG also showed some defensive weaknesses. The National 1 team tried their luck at set pieces, but Paris finally finished with a single goal after the first 45 minutes.
Mbappé increased his stats
Reorganized by their coach Karim Mokadem, the Orléans players did not give up and disrupted the Parisians. Without being too sharp, the French champions managed to break on the hour mark with a penalty from Mbappé, author of his fifth goal in two Coupe de France matches (2-0, 62nd). A double scorer, the French international switched to the role of passer and offered caviar to Goncalo Ramos, with a pricked header the scorer (3-0, 72nd) decisively extinguished the low hopes of Orléans, who saved honors on a corner cut. By Saint-Rufus (3-1, 86m).
Scored, Luis Enrique gave some Titis playing time. Entering the match, midfielder Sani Maiulu… Mbappé, again gave himself a nice baptism of fire by scoring his first professional goal with a nice dive ball (4-1, 88th) after his serve. Paris will know their opponent in the round of 16 during the draw this Sunday.
Still undefeated (four victories) in 2024, the Parisians will continue their rise to power by returning to the Championship next Sunday against Brest, who surprised them earlier in the season. With the February 14 meeting in the back of my mind.
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