Sports editorial, Jan 20 (EFE).- Two goals from Kylian Mbappe, already with 28 goals in 26 games this season, resolved the 1-4 victory against Orleans and Paris Saint Germain’s qualification for the round of 16 of the French Cup, to which Monaco, Nice and Brest also advanced, fulfilling their status as ‘Ligue 1’ teams against their opponents.
Beyond the defeat of Nantes, the thirteenth in Ligue 1 eliminated at home by Stade Lavallois, fourth in Ligue 2, by 0-1, there were hardly any surprises in this Saturday’s session, if anything survival in the round of 16 of Le Puy en Velay, of National 2, the fourth category, after beating Dunkerque, of Ligue 2, 2-1 on their territory.
PSG braced themselves against the overshoots. The eleven of Luis Enrique Martinez was already a statement of intentions. The goalkeeper, Keylor Navas. The defence, Carlos Soler, Danilo Pereira, Marquinhos and Lucas Beraldo, the Brazilian winger for whom he has paid €20 million to Sao Paulo. The centre-half, Fabian Ruiz and Vitinha. And in attack, Kylian Mbappe, Kolo Muani, Marco Asensio and Gonzalo Ramos. I admitted no doubts the lineup.
In the 16th minute, Mbappe gave them the advantage against Orleans, with the 0-1 inside the area, to reaffirm the Parisian team, which did not feel calm at any time in the first half, despite the goal in favor. He needed more to calm down, with the scoreboard so close, in which any play could cause a problem, despite the difference in category between PSG and its opponent, twelfth in Nacional, the French third division.
At game time Mbappe sentenced the score to 0-2 with a penalty. There is already too much distance for the visitors to worry and for the locals to believe in the surprise, who received the 0-3 from Gonçalo Ramos, serving Mbappe. The Portuguese attacker’s fifth goal of the campaign. Orleans later reduced the difference to 1-3, but Senny Mayulu scored his first goal for PSG at just 17 years old, in his second game with the first team (1-4).
Also in the round of 16 are Monaco, winners 1-3 against Rodez, from Ligue 2, with three goals from Wissam Ben Yedder, who scored 0-1 in the 10th minute, 1-2 in the 50th and 1 -3 in ’58, like Brest, who suffered on their visit to Trelissac, from the French fourth division, which they came back and defeated at the last minute. The final 1-2 was scored by Uruguayan Marín Satriano in the 89th minute.
Likewise, Nice qualified in Bordeaux. After the initial incidents among the most radical fans in the stands, the visiting team took a 0-2 lead at the beginning of the second half and quickly responded to the home team’s 1-2 lead with Morgan Sanson’s 1-3. His ‘double’ – he had already scored 0-2 – was already definitive, despite the 2-3 score with a quarter of an hour remaining for the team led by Albert Riera.
Olympique Lyon qualified on Friday, followed by Le Puy en Velay, from National 2, in the competition. Third in the league, they took another step in the French Cup, by eliminating Dunkirk, from Ligue 2 and in numerical inferiority with half an hour left, when they were already losing 2-0 with Issiaka Karamoko’s goals in the first half of the duel. It finished 2-1.
In the direct duel of the ‘Ligue 2’, Valenciennes eliminated Paris FC 2-1, thanks to a goal from Julien Masson at the beginning of the second half that broke the 1-1 score.
The clash between Feignies Aulnoye and Montpellier, scheduled for this Saturday, was postponed to next Wednesday due to snow.
Seven more round of 32 matches will be played this Sunday: Chateauroux-Le Havre, Clermont-Strasbourg, Racing CFF-Lille, Rouen-Toulouse, Saint Priest-Romorantin, Sochaux-Reims and Rennes-Marseille. EFE
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