Paris SG-Nice and Marseille-Montpellier are the tempting posters of the 1/8 finals of the Coupe de France, scheduled from January 28 to 31, according to the draw which took place on Tuesday.
PSG, double title holder, will host at Parc des Princes Nice, its runner-up in Ligue 1, exempted from the round of 16 after the sanction having hit Paris FC and Lyon (match given lost to both teams) due to incidents in the stands. OM will host the Héraultais at the Vélodrome.
Two other duels between L1 clubs will also take place at the end of January: Nantes will host Brest, Monaco will travel to Lens, winner of Lille in the northern “derby”, after a penalty shootout (4-3). The Sang et Or had to recover a handicap of two goals Tuesday night at Bollaert.
On the side of Ligue 2, there will be a clash between Nancy and Amiens, two teams qualified after a penalty shoot-out. The Lorraine team, the red lantern of its championship, brought down Rennes, the winner of 2019. The Picards came close to the correction in front of Linas-Montlhéry, a fifth division team.
SC Bastia for its part inherited from Reims, 14th in Ligue 1.
The two “Petit Poucet” of the competition, from National 2 ( the equivalent of the 4th division) have had various destinies: FC Versailles will receive Toulouse, second in L2, while Bergerac will be opposed at home to the Greens of Saint-Étienne, last in L1.
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