A shock Marseille-Rennes scheduled for the round of 16

Mathieu Warnier, Media365, published on Sunday 08 January 2023 at 21:15.

Made this Sunday, the draw for the Coupe de France round of 32 reserved a poster pitting Marseille against Rennes in the three fixtures between Ligue 1 clubs.

Auxerre barely qualified at the end of the suspense that the Coupe de France round of 32 posters were known for. Arranged on the set of Playing sports, the competition’s new broadcaster, the draw was made by French international Clara Matéo and former world handball champion Thierry Omeyer. Among the sixteen matches that will be played on the weekend of 21 and 22 January, three will see it pitted against two Ligue 1 teams. The manifesto of these round of 16 will undoubtedly be the match between Marseille and Rennes. For their part, Brest will receive Lens when Toulouse meet AC Ajaccio on the stadium lawn. After the victory against Vire, Nantes will continue their defense of the title with a trip to the field of Thaon, a resident of the National 3. The “Petit Poucet”, Strasbourg-Koeningshofen, will once again find an elite formation. After dominating Clermont this weekend, Angers will once again travel to Alsace following their success at RC Strasbourg.

PSG will have to wait to discover their opponent

Holders of the record for victories in the competition, PSG will have to wait a few days before knowing their opponent. The capital club, in fact, will have to wait for the outcome of two meetings before being fixed. Given to be replayed by the CNOSF as incidents had glazed the fixture and prompted the FFF to exclude the two clubs, the 8th round fixture in Reims-Saint-Anne and Wasquehal will designate Pays de Cassel opponents in the 32 ° finals . A duel whose winner will be the PSG opponent in a sixteenth final, the date of which could be set for Monday 23 January at the request of the capital club. Lyon will have to make a short trip to Savoie to face Chambéry. A last-gasp qualifier on Sunday, Auxerre will have to move to Niort when Lorient travel to Corsica to play Bastia there. Reims, for its part, will have as their next opponent the 2018 finalist of the Coupe de France, Les Herbiers. The winner of this Sunday’s duel between Lille and Troyes will receive Pau, who defeated Montpellier earlier in the weekend.

FRENCH CUP – 16th FINAL / DRAW
Games scheduled for 21 and 22 January 2023
Plabennec (N3) – Grenoble (L2)
Chamalieres (N2) – Paris FC (L2)
Niort (L2) – Auxerre (L1)
Lille (L1) or Troyes (L1) – Pau (L2)
Chambery (N3) – Lyon (L1)
Strasbourg-Koenigshofen (R1) – Angers (L1)
Thaon (N3) – Nantes (L1)
Bastia (L2) – Lorient (L1)
Le Puy (N) – Vierzon (N2)
Reims-Sainte-Anne (N3) or Wasquehal (N2) or Pays de Cassel (R1) – PSG (L1)
Brest (L1) – Objective (L1)
Herbaria (N2) – Reims (L1)
Belfort (N2) – Annecy (L2)
Marseille (1L) – Rennes (1L)
Toulouse (L1) – AC Ajaccio (L1)
Grasse (N2) – Rodez (L2)