Rennes-OM shock in the round of 16, PSG will go to Orléans

Bourigeaud and the Rennais will meet OM in the round of 16. Valentina Claret / Valentina Claret / Panoramic

Two posters between Ligue 1 clubs on the menu for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, the draw for which took place this Monday. Paris once again had the lucky hand.

PSG continues to have a lucky hand in the draw. Fallers of the amateurs of Revel (9-0 victory) Sunday in Castres, in the 32nd finals, Luis Enrique’s players inherited Orléans, 10th in the National (3rd div.), this Monday during the draw for the 16th. The Loiret club, which eliminated the Nîmes Crocos (2-1) in the 32nd round, will host the Parisian stars at the end of January, on the weekend of the 20th and 21st. This will be three weeks before the round of 16 of the Champions League and the reception of Real Sociedad for Kylian Mbappé and company.

15 Ligue 1 clubs are still in the running to succeed Toulouse in the rankings of this Coupe de France. Still in the race after its 3-0 victory in Chambéry, TFC will face Rouen (National). Two posters between elite clubs on the menu during these round of 16, including a clash between Rennes, 10th in the Ligue 1 standings, and OM, sixth. A necessarily special shock for Steve Mandanda, who has just extended his stay in Brittany and who kept the Olympian goals for a long time. In the championship, the Marseillais won 2-0 against the Rennais on December 3, at the Vélodrome. The red lantern from Clermont will face Strasbourg.

Revenge for Monaco?

Note that Bordeaux (L2) will return to the splendor of big evenings in Nice, runner-up to PSG in L1, while Monaco will go to Rodez (L2). A trip with a taste of revenge for the Asemists, eliminated in the 32nd round by this same team last year (2-2, 5-4 tab). Winners of the event in 2022 and unfortunate finalists in 2023, the Nantes Canaries will host Laval (L2). Petit Poucet, the Rhone club of Saint-Priest, resident of N3 (5th division), will challenge Romorantin (N2), which is playing a notch above.

Posters for the 16th finals :
Rennes (L1) – Marseille (L1)
Montpellier (L1) – Feignies-Aulnoye (N2)
Nantes (L1) – Laval (L2)
Paris SG (L1) – US Orléans (National)
Dunkirk (L2) – Le Puy Foot (N2)
Racing club of France (N2) – Lille (L1)
Clermont (L1) – Strasbourg (L1)
Sochaux (National) – Reims (L1)
Trélissac (N2) – Brest (L1)
Rouen (National) – Toulouse (L1)
Valenciennes (L2) – Paris FC (L2)
Bergerac (N2) – Lyon (L1)
Rodez (L2) – AS Monaco (L1)
Châteauroux (National) – Le Havre (L1)
Saint-Priest (N3) – Romorantin (N2)
Nice (L1) – Bordeaux (L2)

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