The joy of the Pau players after the qualification 'last Thursday against Bordeaux. - Iroz Gaizka / AFP

Fallen in Nice and Strasbourg respectively, Lyon and Marseille were not varnished in the draw for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France, Sunday, unlike Paris SG who will move to Pau, third division team.

The Parisians, finalists of the last five editions (4 titles from 2015 to 2018, a final lost in 2019), will go on January 28 or 29 to the tombeur de Bordeaux. This will be an opportunity for Kylian Mbappé to find Bruno Irles, one of his former trainers in Monaco and who now officiates on the bench of Pau.

Mbappé will find his former trainer, Bruno Irles, who is now coaching the Pau FC team, facing Pau for the 8th finals of the Coupe de France. pic.twitter.com/XpDfvFYsKv

- Passion Football Club (@PassionFootClub) January 19, 2020

OM at home

PSG runner-up in the league, Olympique de Marseille will have the advantage of hosting Strasbourg, a 2-0 dominated team in October at the Vélodrome.

Other duels between elite clubs, Nice-Lyon will be played on the Côte d'Azur while Angers will host its neighbor from Rennes, the title holder and current third in the French championship, at the Raymond-Kopa stadium.

Lille and Montpellier spared

There could be a fourth face-to-face meeting between Ligue 1 teams if Monaco were to get rid of St-Pryvé St-Hilaire (N2), Monday evening at the end of the 16th finals. In this case, it would be against Saint-Etienne. Lille and Montpellier were luckier. They will travel to Epinal and Belfort respectively, two teams playing in National 2.

As for the new little thumb of the competition, Limonest, who plays in National 3 (the equivalent of the fifth division), he will receive an unbeaten Dijon team over the last five matches. Stéphane Jobard's men strangled Nîmes 5-0 on Sunday.

The program for the knockout stages of the Coupe de France (January 28 and 29):

Epinal (N2) - Lille (L1)

Belfort (N2) - Montpellier (L1)

Nice (L1) - Lyon (L1)

Pau (N) - Paris SG (L1)

Angers (L1) - Rennes (L1)

St-Pryvé St-Hilaire (N2) or Monaco (L1) - Saint-Etienne (L1)

Marseille (L1) - Strasbourg (L1)

Limonest (N3) - Dijon (L1)

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