Saint-Brieuc-PSG (0-7): in the Coupe de France too, Paris, seven extras!

PSG left Brest, Guingamp and Angers the role of turkey in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France, merciless with the West and in particular Brittany. Saint-Brieuc, a valiant team from National 2, tried to resist by tightening its block, quickly cracked by João Neves and Gonçalo Ramos before the break.

Two Portuguese goals, one a regular starter, the other confined to the status of substitute but who will be able to hope again in the semi-final, against a Ligue 1 , Reims, a Ligue 2, Dunkerque , or the surprising amateurs of National 2, Cannes . To perhaps also score other penalties, like after the return from the locker room (0-3, 49th) during a sequence where each attacker present tried to steal the ball from his friend to inflate his statistics.

Luis Enrique would eventually put an end to the initial cacophony by designating his deserving number 9, rarely used from the start. He would end the game with his first hat-trick in Parisian colours, enough to boost his confidence as a "super sub".

The Briochins tried to outpace the Parisians, very high up the pitch, behind them, but it would have taken technical accuracy, quick sequences and a high-quality scorer to destabilize Matvey Safonov and his defense where two traditional pillars were aligned - Achraf Hakimi and Willian Pacho.

With three games to go before a possible final, Luis Enrique is taking fewer and fewer risks in his starting line-up, with many strong players such as the two defenders but also Fabian Ruiz, Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

OnlyOusmane Dembélé andBradley Barcola , undisputed in big matches, were able to watch their teammates have fun from the bench at Roazhon Park, before coming on less than thirty minutes from the end, just to stretch their legs and join in the party for the team's top scorer. It was already 0-5 at that point. Just like for Presnel Kimpembe, heir to the captain's armband, back on the pitch a week after the demonstration against Brest (7-0) in the Champions League.

The PSG coach will have to measure out the playing time against Lille this Saturday in the league while Liverpool played their last match before the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday night against Newcastle (2-0). In view of the reception of the Reds, he still has to decide for a final place in his starting eleven, between the Georgian recruit and Désiré Doué, who scored the fourth goal at home this Wednesday with a sharp left-footed strike.

On the current form, there is no comparison, the International Espoirs being largely ahead physically and in his understanding of the instructions of the Spanish coach. But the former Neapolitan offers a different profile, with perhaps a more subtle vision of the game. A rich choice for Paris. The entry of Warren Zaïre-Emery (66th), once again ahead of his schedule for his return from injury - he was rather expected to enter against Lille this Saturday -, brings a little freshness to the heart of the game and while Vitinha and Kang-In Lee had not made the trip to Brittany.

In the second half, the capital club made no exception between Monaco, Lyon, Brest and Saint-Brieuc, by increasing its advantage. Because it dominates its subject athletically and the opponent can no longer take it, worn out in all areas. The Briochins suffered the incessant waves and could only contain a few of them, with a 0-7 to the key. Paris is already thinking about its next mission.