PAU – PSG – Score and goals live, result, summary … Follow the match between Pau and Paris live for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France.
18:33 – First offensive for Paris
On a bad pass from the middle of Pau, Mauro Icardi is on the left at the entrance to the area and shifts Sarabia to a center. The latter is at the first post but is easily cleared.
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18:31 – ⏰ KICK OFF! Let’s go to Pau – PSG
Beginning of the eighth finals of the Coupe de France between Palois and Parisians under the arbitration of Florent Batta and under the smoke. It is the Pau players who start the match.
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18:27 – The players on the lawn
We are a few minutes from the start of this Pau – PSG at the Hameau stadium and the two teams have just entered the field for the pre-match protocol. The stadium is full and the atmosphere is good, more than doing the show!
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18:22 – Tuchel suspicious before Pau – PSG
Questioned Tuesday at a press conference, Thoms Tuchel, the coach of Paris Saint-Germain was cautious when talking about this trip to Pau, on a lawn which is not announced in perfect condition … “This ground doesn’t is not an advantage for us but it will not be an excuse, said the German coach. The most difficult thing is probably the fact that they have nothing to lose. Every duel they will win, every ball that they will recover, it will be like a small victory and it can create a special atmosphere, so we have to be prepared for the worst, for a hard match. We will not get angry on the field, play in a way calm and quiet, with quality and intensity “.
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18:17 – Second confrontation in history between PSG and Pau
PSG and Pau FC do not of course have the opportunity to compete very often on French lawns but there is a whole precedent between the two teams. They had indeed clashed on February 27, 1998, also on the occasion of an eighth finals of the Coupe de France. At the time, the Palois, who played in the fourth division, had given a hard time to their opponent, holding the draw (0-0) until the end of regular time. It was ultimately Rai who released his team by scoring the decisive goal in 113th minute.
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6:13 pm – The traditional 4-3-3 for Pau
The Pau coach is fortunate to have a complete group unlike PSG and aligns his best possible team, at least the one that considers the most likely to hang PSG. For the tactical layout, it’s classic with a 4-3-3. La compo de Pau: Guendouz – Bansais, Kamissoko, Zahary, Sadzoute – Diaby, Bayard, Name – Gueye, Jarju, Ba.
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18:06 – Tuchel: “We want to win the Coupe de France”
Paris is playing on all fronts and even if the Champions League is an important and rapidly arriving deadline, the Coupe de France is also a very big goal and Thomas Tuchel said it in a press conference: “We are here to win every match, whether in the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, the Ligue 1 or the Champions League. We have a strong group that aims to win (…) Wednesday’s match (today) will be decisive, complicated. We want to win the Coupe de France and, for that, we will have to win. “
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17:59 – The players in the warm-up
The two teams returned to the Hameau lawn for the pre-match warm-up with some whistles for the Parisians. Note that Di Maria is watching the training and that Kylian Mbappé does not participate in this training at all.
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17:52 – Di Maria and Mbappé on the bench in a big turnover
Thomas Tuchel has just unveiled his starting lineup when we are just over thirty minutes from the start of Pau – PSG and there is a turnover! In attack, the German technician trusts Mauro Icardi, who has been struggling lately, and Choupo-Moting. In the midfield, there are also several changes as Verratti and Gueye start the game on the bench, replaced by Paredes and Herrera. La compo de Paris: Rico – Kurzawa, Kehrer, Kouassi, Dagba – Draxler, Paredes, Herrera, Sarabia – Icardi, Choupo-Moting.
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17:45 – Reunion between Mbappé and Irles
Former coach of the U17 of AS Monaco, Bruno Irles, now coach of Pau, knows Kylian Mbappé well. Questioned by RMC Sport, a former witness to this relationship, Tristan Muyumba, explained that the relationship was not really good: “It was going well, except that during a match they had a misunderstanding. Bruno was able to give him a instructions that Kylian misinterpreted, and on that they got a bit of a lead. It gained momentum because it was Kylian but in itself it was a little quarrel as there can often be in a group. […] I think that Kylian did not really appreciate, Bruno either, and as they were two characters a little strong (…) I do not think they are resentful, I imagine that the reunion will be in the respect. I think the two will shake hands, I don’t think they will ignore each other. “
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17:38 – Dagba: “We will have to adapt”
Asked at a press conference on the eve of this Pau – PSG, the young defender of Paris also returned to the state of the lawn but also put into perspective: “Wednesday (today), we will have to adapt to this complicated terrain “But the conditions will be the same for both teams. It’s up to us to do whatever it takes to qualify.”
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17:31 – A cataclysmic lawn
Not sure that Thomas Tuchel aligns his best players for this eighth finals of the Coupe de France … Pau – PSG will be played at the Hameau stadium on a fairly delicate and really catastrophic lawn, it which normally hosts the Paloise Section in Top 14 As proof, a few hours before kick-off, the gardener put green dye to hide the state of the lawn which also has more sand than grass even if François Bayrou (mayor of Pau) defends this lawn for South West: “The lawn has been prepared meter by meter: mowed, rolled, made perfectly flat so that the ball circulates well and so that the players’ safety is ensured.”.
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5:25 pm – Irles (Pau): “The Coupe de France is not the priority”
Bruno Irles, the former Monegasque player, now coach of the Pau team, sought to lower the temperature yesterday, before the press, before this shock against PSG: “Everyone wants to play and I understand, it’s going to be a great celebration for the supporters, for the town hall and the club, but we have a priority which is the championship and not the Coupe de France. I have to manage the fatigue of certain players, the boxes for “other, what to be successful on these three games (…) We put the craze into perspective by saying that all this is also to see PSG. We are lucid on this, but it remains something magnificent for the city “.
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17:18 – Several absent from the PSG side, Neymar at rest
For this Pau – PSG match, the Parisian club will be deprived this evening of Juan Bernat, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva (injured or recovering) and Edinson Cavani (pending transfer). Thomas Tuchel also decided to put Abdou Diallo, Thomas Meunier and Neymar to rest. Given the busy schedule facing the capital’s club at the start of the year, Thomas Tuchel could be tempted to turn its workforce. Kylian Mbappé could notably start on the bench. The Paris group:
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5:00 pm – Good evening everyone!
Welcome to follow the match between Pau and PSg live. The two teams compete for a place in the quarterfinals of the French football cup. Paris Saint-Germain obviously leaves a big favorite of this meeting but the Palois, in front of their audience of the Hameau stadium, dream of a new feat, after having eliminated the Girondins from Bordeaux in the previous round
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The compo of Pau : Guendouz – Bansais, Kamissoko, Zahary, Sadzoute – Diaby, Bayard, Name – Gueye, Jarju, Ba. The PSG component : Rico – Dagba, Kehrer, Kouassi, Kurzawa – Sarabia, Paredes, Herrera, Draxler – Choupo-Moting, Icardi.
To follow the match live on TV this evening, go to Eurosport 2, the only channel to offer the broadcast of this 8th finals of the Coupe de France (the TV program). The broadcaster will also offer the magazine “Soir de Coupe” after Pau – PSG.
If you choose to broadcast this Pau – PSG in streaming, go to the Eurosport platform, (paying access). We will also suggest that you live the match commented on this page, with the evolution of the score and the summary of actions live.
