Has a victory from the Stade de France. Wednesday and Thursday, the four semi-finalists compete for the honor of playing in the 104th final of the Coupe de France. Wednesday, the PSG risk big. Eliminated in the Champions League and poorly entered for the title in Ligue 1, the title holder hopes to hang on to this trophy against Montpellier (9 p.m.).
In order to avoid a virgin season, PSG is forced to win, he who expected a triple crown a few weeks ago. Largely beaten by Manchester City (2-1, 2-0) last week in C1, the Parisians had to give up their dream of finally winning the “Cup with big ears”. Last Sunday, it was on the Rennes lawn that PSG, held in check 1-1, saw a fourth national coronation in a row move away, letting Lille escape in the lead, two games from the end of the season. To avoid a 2020-2021 exercise with no other title than the modest Champions Trophy won in January, keeping the Coupe de France has become an imperative.
And it will therefore be necessary for Paris to beat Montpellier, 8th in the championship after a season made up of highs and lows. The Héraultais thus chained 15 games without defeat, in all competitions, from February to April, before tripping over the carpet in Nice and then at home against Saint-Etienne, to finally win Sunday in Strasbourg.
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Le Petit Poucet Rumilly Vallières facing the ogre Monaco
In the other semi-final, Monaco, author of a thunderous end of the season, will go to Petit Poucet Rumilly Vallières (9:15 p.m.), a 4th division club (National 2). If the victory seems promised to the players of the Principality, they should not take lightly the Hauts-Savoyards, who beat Toulouse (L2) in the quarter-finals. A victory for Paris and Monaco, big favorites, would offer a flamboyant 104th Coupe de France final on May 19 at the Stade de France … But beware of the magic of the Cup!
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