As in the previous round, the 8th finals of the 104th edition of the Coupe de France will offer only two 100% Ligue 1 posters: Monaco-Metz and above all a clash between the first two in the championship, PSG (2nd after 28 days) and Lille (1st with two points ahead).
If the Parisians eliminate Barça in the Champions League on Wednesday March 10, they could play this Cup match against Losc a week later, the Wednesday March 17th. The other posters are scheduled for Tuesday 6 and Wednesday 7 April, dates of the quarter-finals of the “big” European Cup.
Parisians and Lille will meet in the championship from Sunday April 4, on the 31st day, after the international break. And just before the two-week break to make way for the France team, it is in Lyon (3rd) that PSG will rub shoulders, on Sunday March 21. Barcelona, Nantes, Lille, Lyon, Lille in less than four weeks: big program for Mauricio Pochettino’s men.
Saumur “Petit Poucet”
“Petit Poucet” at this stage of the competition, Saumur (National 3, the 5th division) will host Toulouse (3rd in Ligue 2). Hero of the 16th after their qualification at the expense of Olympique de Marseille, the players of Canet-en-Roussillon (National 2) inherited an opponent within their reach with Boulogne-sur-Mer (National 1).
Fallen from Lens, the Red Star (N1) will try to upset OL at the Bauer stadium. The match between Rumilly Vallières and Le Puy guarantees the presence of a National 2 club in the quarter-finals. Two others will try to achieve the feat to achieve this: the Voltigeurs Châteaubriant against Montpellier and Sedan against Angers.
Posters for the round of 16:
PSG (L1) – Lille (L1)
Saumur (N3) – Toulouse (L2)
Monaco (L1) – Metz (L1)
Rumilly Vallières (N2) – Le Puy (N2)
Red Star (N1) – Lyon (L1)
Canet (N2) – Boulogne-sur-Mer (N1)
Voltigeurs Châteaubriant (N2) – Montpellier (L1)
Sedan (N2) – Angers (L1)
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