Paris Saint-Germain overcomes Châteauroux with success

Paris Saint-Germain reached the round of 32 of the French Cup competitions, beating their hosts Châteauroux, 3-1, on Friday.

Hugo Iketiki (13), Spaniard Carlos Soler (78) and compatriot Juan Bernat (90+1) scored for the Parisian side.

The attacking trio of “horrors”, Argentine world champion Lionel Messi, Brazilian Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, were absent from the French capital’s team in the match against Châteauroux.

As for Châteauroux, belonging to the French third division, he scored his only goal with Nathaniel Ntola (37).

On the other hand, Montpellier left the French Cup competitions with a surprising 2-1 defeat against Bo FC.

Elsewhere, Angers progressed at the expense of Strasbourg with a 5-4 penalty after a goalless draw had been resolved following normal time, and Paris FC beat Valenciennes 3-1 and Grenoble defeated Nimes 1-0.