Ruthless PSG Advance To French Cup Semi-Finals
13 February, 2020
French Cup
Result: Dijon 1-6 Paris Saint Germain
Date: 12 February 2020
Venue: Stade Gaston Gerard
Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the French Cup semi-finals after crushing Dijon 6-1 on Wednesday evening.
Edinson Cavani featured as you of PSG's changes from the medial side that overcame Olympique Lyon over the weekend with young full-back Mitchel Bekker given a complete debut.
PSG were off to a dream take up a minute from start as Dijon's Wesley Lautoa turned a minimal cross from Bekker into his own net to hand the visitors the lead.
Dijon didn’t take long to draw level after Mounir Chouiar followed a counter-attack to fire in to the bottom corner from an unmarked position 13 minutes in.
The visitors threatened to return in front a little later, but Thomas Meunier and Kylian Mbappe particularly didn't profit as Chouiar closed in on a brace.
PSG eventually regained the lead one minute before halftime and it had been Mbappe who kept composure from a counter-attack to beat Dijon shot-stopper Runar Runarsson.
Jhonder Cadiz missed a major opportunity to send his side level at the break as his first-time effort flew over the top after a tee-up from Mama Balde.
Thiago Silva gave a PSG a comfortable cushion 5 minutes from halftime when the Brazilian international, returning from injury, turned home a corner from Pablo Sarabia.
Sarabia compounded further misery on Dijon five minutes later as he arrived into the area to carefully turn home a rebound from Mbappe’s shot for the visitors' fourth goal
PSG continued finding openings at the back and threatened a fifth down the road, but Sarabia was thwarted by Runarsson with Mbappe firing outrageous from a gaping goal.
Another own goal from Dijon four minutes to full-time saw a cross from Mbappe turned home by Senou Coulibaly as Thomas Tuchel's charges grabbed a fifth goal.
There is still time for another goal as Sarabia completed his brace at the death with a fairly easy tap-in from a cross by Mbappe as the French champions advanced to the ultimate four.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za