Coupe de France: winner of Lille, PSG revives

Traumatized by a black Sunday, marked by a defeat and two burglaries, the PSG beat Lille (3-0), Wednesday during an eighth-final of the Coupe de France which revives it for the final sprint in Ligue 1. Seven months after the start of the season, the Parisians have finally won against a big one at home.

After the failures against Marseille, Lyon, Monaco, Manchester United or FC Barcelona, ​​more or less humiliating for him, PSG ended a series that threatened his season.

Thanks to Mauro Icardi (9th) and Kylian Mbappé (41st sp, 90th + 2), Mauricio Pochettino's players have regained their foothold, against the leader of Ligue 1, who has lost only once away in Championship.

Yusuf Yazici misses a penalty

Of course, not everything was perfect, and without a great Keylor Navas, who stopped the penalty from Yusuf Yazici (75th), or the help of the crossbar to bring out the attempt of Burak Yilmaz (30th), Lille would have well may have imposed.

But the defending PSG maintains its dream of winning all the trophies this spring, and that is the most important.

With this in mind, he even regained confidence before going to Lyon on Sunday, for a decisive shock for the title, where the superstar Neymar could return.

Then will come the "beautiful" facing Losc on April 3, which already promises sparks.

Parisians like Lille delivered a physical part, punctuated by seven yellow cards, which spoke volumes about their desire to push down a direct competitor before the final sprint.

In this game, the Mastiffs resisted well, despite the absence at the kickoff of several holders, including José Fonte, Benjamin André and Jonathan David.

But they paid dearly for their individual mistakes, with goalkeeper Mike Maignan on the opening goal and defender Zeki Celik conceding an indisputable penalty in his area.

The northern attackers also sinned, from the penalty stopped by Yazici to the duel lost by Yilmaz (5th), through the missed opportunities of David (64th, 68th).

Le Losc, who has seen the quarterfinals of the Cup only once since 2014, leaves the competition again in a hurry.

But for Christophe Galtier's men, it can be bad for good, if they take advantage of their reduced schedule to win the title.

Icardi is injured

Engaged in three competitions, Paris will have an extremely busy month of April.

But at least he relieved himself of the nightmare he experienced last Sunday.

The surprising defeat against Nantes (2-1), added to the burglary targeting Di Maria and Marquinhos' father, the same evening, affected a very emotionally linked group.

But if he had left his Parc des Princes with his head bowed, he found it three days later with a regenerated state of mind.

From the first minutes, the Parisians chased their dark thoughts with a high pressing and a lot of envy, Di Maria, well in legs, showing the example.

It was on his side that Paris unblocked the situation against the best defense in the Championship.

On a cross from the Argentine, goalkeeper Mike Maignan badly captured the ball, which Icardi only had to push back the empty cages.

The striker, who had scored only once in his last nine appearances, could have symbolized the Parisian renewal, if he had not come out injured (34th), replaced by Mbappé.

The "Goleador" rather embodies this convalescent Paris, although provided with good intentions.

The 2-0 signed "Kyky", on a penalty which he himself caused, allowed him to take cover, while Lille subsequently pushed.

Le Losc even dominated the second half, but lacked efficiency.

Mbappé's goal in additional time, on cons, did not reflect his performance.

But the appointment for the revenge is made.