PSG, defending champion of the competition, knows its first opponent during this 104th new-look edition of the Coupe de France. It is Caen (L2) who won (1-3) this Wednesday evening at Guingamp (L2) during the 8th round of the pros’ table. The Caennais made the difference at two key moments. First during additional time during the first act following a receding free kick taken back by Deminguet (0-1, 45th + 1) then when returning from the locker room on a strike in a closed angle signed Giocchini (0-2 , 47th).
PSG will undoubtedly go to the Michel-d’Ornano stadium on February 10 to challenge Caen in the 32nd final. On this occasion, coach Mauricio Pochettino will undoubtedly field a mixed team because this meeting will be played only three days after the clasico in Marseille and 6 days before the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League in Barcelona. The Parisians will also face Nice very likely on Saturday February 13 on behalf of the 25th day of L1.
Relegated in May 2019, the Caennais are struggling on the lower floor. After finishing 13th last year, the Normans, coached by Pascal Dupraz, occupy a gloomy 9th place after 20 days. Their top scorer (5 goals) is the Moroccan international striker Yacine Bammou, passed through Nantes, who was a salesman at the PSG store when he was playing in Evry (N3, ex-CFA 2) in 2012. The goalkeeper Garissone Innocent (20 years old), Rémy Riou’s understudy, could play the game and find his training club.
Since their last defeat against Caen on April 19, 2008 (3-0), the Parisians are undefeated against the Normans (13 wins and 4 draws in all competitions). In the Coupe de France, the capital club won on April 9, 2018 among Caennais (1-3) in the semi-final before winning the trophy two weeks later after a success in the final against Les Herbiers then in the National (2-0).
