French Cup: PSG waiting, Paris FC at Chamalières
Even before the kick-off of the last match of the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France between Lille and Troyes, the posters for the 16th finals (January 20, 21 and 22) have already been drawn this Sunday evening. But PSG will still have to wait to know their future opponent. The only certainty is that it will be an amateur club, Wasquehal (N2), Reims Sainte-Anne (N3) or Pays de Cassel (R1).
On November 20, the 8th round match between Wasquehal and Reims Saint-Anne was interrupted after a general fight. Northern coach Mehdi Izeghouine suffered a head injury. At first, the FFF Disciplinary Committee gave the two clubs a lost match. But the body finally accepted, on Friday, the CNOSF’s proposal to play the match. Wasquehal and Reims Sainte-Anne will therefore once again face each other on neutral ground and behind closed doors. The winner will then play against Pays de Cassel to designate the opponent of PSG.
With two matches still to be played, it is therefore likely that the match cannot take place on the weekend of January 21 and 22 like the other 16th finals. This situation should therefore finally settle the PSG which had expressed the desire to postpone its 16th final. The Parisian club must indeed play a friendly match on Thursday January 19 in Saudi Arabia against a selection of players from clubs Al Hilal and Al Nasr, the new club of Cristiano Ronaldo, and was not due to return until January 20 in the morning.
Clara Mateo, the international striker of Paris FC, in charge of the draw with the former goalkeeper of the French handball team Thierry Omeyer, had a rather light hand for her club. The team of Thierry Laurey who finds the 16th of the finalthe three years after his last participation, indeed went to Chamalières, 10th in group D of National 2.
There will also be three confrontations between L1 clubs: Marseille-Rennes, the shock of these 16th finals, Brest-Lens and Toulouse-AC Ajaccio. Petit Poucet of the competition after having released Clermont (L1), the Football Club Olympique Strasbourg Koenigshoffen 1906resident of Regional 1 (the 6th division), saw his wish to draw a Ligue 1 team granted, since he will receive Angers.