Paris (AFP)

The "little ones" first: residents of National 2 (4th div), Rumilly Vallières and Canet Roussillon inaugurate the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France on Tuesday at home, respectively against Toulouse (L2) and Montpellier, before PSG-Angers and the OL-Monaco shock on Wednesday.

After correcting Le Puy (N2) in the round of 16 by 4 goals to 0, the amateurs of Haute-Savoie tackle Toulouse in the early evening (6:45 p.m.).

Descended to Ligue 2 in 2020, the TFC occupies second place in the standings five days from the end of the season and can hope to find the elite directly if it retains its rank.

But Toulouse is decimated by the cases of Covid-19: to the seven cases already known were added Sunday "four new players and a member of the technical staff", according to a press release from the Violets, long bothered by Saumur (N3) in the previous round before to qualify by the smallest gap (2-1).

At 9:10 p.m., Montpellier will move to the other Petit Poucet, Canet Roussillon, who has already lost his way to a resident of Ligue 1: OM, beaten 2-1 in the round of 16.

"Not even afraid ... if a little anyway," joked the Catalans on their Twitter account.

There is enough, facing a team that has just held in check Lille, the leader of Ligue 1 (1-1).

Distanced in the race for European places (8th), the Hérault club could also make the Cup its end-of-season goal.

The choice between the championship and the Cup will be more difficult for the teams entered on Wednesday: three of them are part of the top quartet of Ligue 1, which stands in just three points.

The most promising poster opposes OL (4th) to Monaco (3rd), almost unstoppable in 2021 - 13 wins, one defeat and one draw - and wide winner in Bordeaux on Sunday (3-0).

Lyon struggled more against Nantes (2-1 victory) and could be deprived of Tino Kadewere, who was injured in training in early April and was not in the Lyon group in Loire-Atlantique.

But in the round of 16 of the Cup, Monaco suffered as much as OL: the two clubs had to go through penalties to eliminate respectively Metz (0-0, 5-4 tab) and Red Star (2 -2, 5-4 tab).

A riot of energy that PSG would do better to avoid by receiving Angers, since it is still engaged in the Champions League, in addition to the championship and the Cup.

The dolphin of Losc will probably be deprived of the injured Abdou Diallo (calf) and Marquinhos (thigh), and perhaps his goalkeeper Keylor Navas (shoulder), spared Sunday during the victory in extremis against Saint-Etienne (3-2) .

The program of the quarter-finals of the French Football Cup:

Tuesday

(6.45 p.m.) Rumilly Vallières (N2) - Toulouse (L2)

(9:00 p.m.) Canet Roussillon (N2) - Montpellier (L1)

Wednesday

(6:45 p.m.) Paris SG (L1) - Angers (L1)

(9:10 p.m.) Lyon (L1) - Monaco (L1)

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