Coupe de France: Serious and diligent, PSG shows no mercy against Saint-Brieuc

No bad surprises for PSG. Facing the National 2 club (4th div.) of Saint-Brieuc on Wednesday, in Rennes, Luis Enrique's players won 7-0 and thus booked their ticket for the semi-finals of the Coupe de France. Hat-trick for Gonçalo Ramos. Ninth victory in a row in all competitions and 21st match without defeat for the Parisians, who appear in the last four for the ninth year in a row. Note that Paris has not been eliminated by a team from a lower division in the "CDF" since Rodez (National), in 2009, i.e. 32 victories in a row in this context.

The Bretons started fearlessly, playing the shots to the full, like this counter (15th). Before that, Ramos had already stumbled on L'hostis (9th). Doué meanwhile found the bar. The ball came back to Neves, who converted the offering (0-1, 16th). The lock had already broken. And almost half the journey already done for the Parisians, who did not let up their effort, not the style of the house. The bar for Ruiz (23rd), the back of the net for Ramos, well served by Mayulu and too quick for the Briochine rearguard (0-2, 36th). Paris in control, Saint-Brieuc asphyxiated. The 30,000 spectators of the Roazhon Park could always get excited by the slightest tackle, the slightest ball that came near Safonov. But the Parisians have their hand, apart from Kvaratskhelia not successful in his dribbling and irritated (0-2, MT).

At that point, the suspense was already largely over. Although. Stressing that his team " had nothing to be ashamed of ", Breton captain James Le Marer still wanted to believe on beIN : " In the absence of chances, we had situations. If we can negotiate them better in the second half, why not? We have to score the 2-1 goal and we will set the stadium alight. (…) Before the match, we said to ourselves that we should not be more than two goals behind at half-time. We are in what we had planned. There are 45 minutes left. We will believe in it until the end. We did it against Nice, so we will not give up, this group does not give up ." But against this PSG, good will is not enough.

A wonderful backheel for "Kvara", stopped irregularly by Kerbrat. Penalty, converted by Ramos (0-3, 49th). Note that it was Luis Enrique who had to whistle the end of the break while Doué had initially seized the ball. Mini "penaltygate" nipped in the bud by the Spanish coach... Still, this third goal looked like the final nail in the coffin of Saint-Brieuc.

Behind, Doué (0-4, 55th) – brilliant in the stadium where he made his professional debut –, Ramos (0-5, 58th) and Mayulu (0-6, 66th) further increased the score on the pitch at Roazhon Park where PSG will return on March 8. This time, it will be to face Stade Rennais in Ligue 1. Courageous, the Bretons did their colours proud at the end, seriously shaking up their prestigious opponents (81st, 82nd, 83rd). Launched by Barcola, Dembélé calmed the ardour of the Saint-Brieuc team (0-7, 85th). Merciless (0-7 final score). The semi-finals of the Coupe de France will be on April 1st or 2nd for PSG, against Cannes (N2), Reims or Dunkerque (L2). Saint-Brieuc will be able to think back on this epic for a long time, with Nice (2-1), Annecy (1-1, 4-3 on penalties) and Le Havre (1-0) on the list of winners. Hats off.