Holders of Coupe de France Paris Saint-Germain illuminated the quarterfinals of the competition after beating the third Le Mans 2-0 in the Stade Marie-Marvingt.
Douse Doue and Bradley Barcola's goals on both sides of the peace ensured that their progression made Presnel Kimpembe made his long -awaited return of an injury.
However, Le Mans made a clear start of the procedure with Theo Eyoum that shot against the side-in-netting before the side of Luis Enrique took over control over the game.
The pressure of PSG finally told in the 25th minute when Doue shot the ball in the left corner after Goncalo Ramos won the ball back on the edge of the box.
But the hosts found almost a level seven minutes before the break when Matvey Safonov did not turn into the box, only for Antoine Rabillard to pass.
The Parisiens took care of the victory in the 71st minute when replacement Barcola De Pas from Nuno Mendes stayed behind before raising the ball over Ewan Hatfout.
Achraf Hakimi took almost a third for PSG, but saw his efforts saved, before Safonov remained alert on the other side to deny the acrobatic effort of Dame Gueye.
Data debrief: Parisiens marching
After suffering back-to-back exits in this phase of the competition in 2021-22 and 2022-23, PSG kept their hope in a 16th Coupe de France title alive with ease.
But they were made to rely on the sparkle of their substitutes, with Barcola (0.17), Hakimi (0.3) and Vitinha (0.02) who register a higher expected goals (XG) between them than all players who The competition has started.
There was also an impressive representation in the defense by PSG's Beraldo. The Brazilian completed his 110 steps against Le Mans.
In the past ten years in all competitions, only Thiago Motta (126 against Wasquehal in January 2016) has tried more for PSG in a match with 100% passing accuracy.
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