Europe 1 with AFP 11:24 p.m., January 22, 2023

Lens joined the knockout stages of the Coupe de France by beating Brest (3-1) on Sunday evening, imitating Lille and Auxerre a little earlier, as well as Nantes on penalties against Thaon (fifth division).

The last match of the 16th final will take place Monday evening between Cassel and PSG, a match to live in "Europe 1 Sport".

No major surprise animated this day of the Coupe de France, during which the hierarchical order of the clubs was respected.

In Finistère, the Lensois, dolphins of Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1, easily got rid of the Brestois.

Wesley Saïd deflected a shot from Julien Le Cardinal at close range to open the scoring (6th), then the Argentinian Facundo Medina scored (30th) taking advantage of an error by his young compatriot Joaquin Blazquez (21 years), after the equalizer of Islam Slimani for Brest (19th).

The Northerners continued their ideal evening when the former Strasbourg player Adrien Thomasson celebrated his recent arrival with the Sang et Or by scoring with a header (38th).

In his den of Pierre-Mauroy, the Lille rival was not worried by Pau, fifteenth in Ligue 2. The Lille opened the scoring by taking advantage of a goal against his camp from Xavier Kouassi (37th).

In the second half, they widened the gap, this time thanks to the sole talent of Angel Gomes, author of a superb strike from around thirty meters, who finished his race in the top corner (79th).

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At the same time, Auxerre, in great difficulty in Ligue 1 (19th), had no trouble disposing of Niort, also in this place, but at the lower level, thanks in particular to a double from Gaëtan Perrin (39th , 67th).

On the other hand, the defending champion, Nantes, had to wait for the penalty shootout to eliminate Thaon, who plays in National 3. Antoine Kombouaré can thank his goalkeeper Rémy Descamps, author of several saves during the dreaded session (4 penalty kicks goal at 2).

The Canaries have still not conceded a goal since the break imposed by the 2022 World Cup, but are still struggling offensively.

Opposite, the Vosges club sees its journey come to an end after two exploits against Ligue 2 clubs, Sochaux and Amiens, already on penalties.

On an even snowier ground, Annecy (Ligue 2) beat Belfort (1-1, 4 shots on goal to 3), formation of National 2 During a meeting between two National 2 clubs, Vierzon eliminated Le Puy always in this exercise (0-0, 5 shots on goal to 3).

Monday (8:45 p.m.), the capital club will conclude the round of 16 of the Coupe de France at the Stade Bollaert, home of the Lensois, this time against Pays de Cassel, a Regional 1 club (sixth division).