Pau (AFP)

Paris SG, largely overhauled, qualified without trembling too much for the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France by winning Wednesday evening 2-0 at Pau (National, 3rd division), who fell from Bordeaux in the previous round.

As during the previous round in Lorient, it was the Parisian supporting roles that ensured the essential on a bumpy ground but more acceptable than against Bordeaux, which would still have made a victim, Colin Dagba hit the knee on one of his tackles and forced to leave supported by the medical staff.

One too many will surely pest Thomas Tuchel, for whom it was out of the question to take the slightest risk with his stars at three weeks to face Dortmund in the Champions League and to extend the list of injured (Thiago Silva, Marquinhos and Juan Bernat).

Neymar stayed warm in the capital, as well as the goalkeeper Keylor Navas, Kylian Mbappé and Angel Di Maria present on the match sheet as substitutes but remained in sneakers during the warm-up, only Mauro Icardi represented the clan of Fantastics .

If he failed on his first recovery (20), his chest was successful for the opening score of his captain of the evening Leandro Paredes with a half volley from the left in the skylight (25).

More present in the game after returning from the locker room, the Argentinian delivered the center badly deflected by Eric Choupo-Moting, but converted into goal by Pablo Sarabia (53) putting his team away (0-2).

In the absence of Mbappé and Neymar, it was Choupo-Moting who took care of the treat with an impressive technical palette on the most complicated part of the Hameau field before dying out over time.

As we had imagined, Paris had possession, Pau some possibilities in cons without managing to disturb the rear guard. Sergio Rico closed his angle well on an essay by Lamine Gueye (18) and Tanguy Kouassi first removed a hot ball from Yankuba Jarju (28), before catching up with his long compasses Gueye who had taken advantage of one of his rare hesitations (59).

The return of the fast Cheick Tidiane Sabaly brought interest to the game and hope to the 16,500 spectators who, in the space of five minutes, really believed their return.

Except that Jarju tangled the brushes alone in the surface (66) before smashing a head on a corner outside the frame (71). As for Gueye, in contact with Thilo Kehrer, his fall did not cause the referee M. Batta (67) to flinch.

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