French Cup holders Paris Saint-Germain, who are also the factory winners with 14 subdivisions, advanced tonight (Monday) to the quarter-finals with an easy 0: 4 away win over Van from the fourth division. Lionel Messi and the rest of the Corona contenders were of course not included in the squad, but Killian Ambape was included in the squad and opened 2022 with a hat-trick (within 18 minutes) after finishing 2021 with three doubles.
PSG introduced 18-year-old Xavi Simmons and Edouard Micho in its link and let its host fantasize until the 28th minute, when Personnel Kimpamba slammed in after a corner kick. The brake moved to the cook position in the 59th minute, when he sent a long ball towards Ambape the jet that left dust to the brake that preceded it and finished lightly.
The world champion celebrated a pair in the 71st minute with a huge ball for connections, after a beautiful release exercise by Marco Verratti and an assist by the talented Simmons, and in the 77th minute completed a hat-trick after a double-pass with substitute Arik Dina Avimba. The young Micho still had time to stick a ball to the crossbar in the 81st minute and from the bench came up for a second appearance in the cup to 16-year-old El Shadal Bitchiavo and 17-year-old Ismail Garbi. In added time Van celebrated a clear goal, with Gianluigi Donaroma toping behind the line, but no VAR and Kwon and the referee did not see and stole a consolation goal from the host.
The quarterfinals will continue tomorrow (Tuesday, 22:00, Sport4) with the northern derby between Lance and Lil. As you may recall, in the league, Lance defeated the champion 0-1 in a game that was stopped when its fans burst onto the field.