1070, as the number of days separating the last elimination of Paris Saint-Germain in the Coupe de France from that conceded this Monday, January 12. Beaten by Paris FC in the round of 16 at the Parc des Princes, Luis Enrique’s men had not suffered defeat for 2 years, 11 months and 5 days to be exact.
To find traces of a setback for the capital club in the oldest French competition, we had to go back to February 8, 2023 and the success achieved by Olympique de Marseille against Kylian Mbappé and his partners at the Vélodrome in the round of 16 stage (2-1). At the time led by Christophe Galtier, the Parisians had completely missed their point, falling on a long-range strike from Ruslán Malinovskiy after having nevertheless equalized before the break by Sergio Ramos.
First national trophy lost by Luis Enrique
After this failure, Paris rectified the situation by winning the following two editions, winning in the final against Lyon in 2024 (2-1) then against Reims in 2025 (3-0).
Paris FC thus ended a series of 13 consecutive successes for PSG in the competition, including the 32nd final in Fontenay-le-Comte (0-4) last December.
Even more impressive, this is the first defeat for Luis Enrique, who arrived in the capital in the summer of 2023, in the Coupe de France. The Spanish technician has just let slip the first national title (Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Trophée des Champions) since his arrival on the Parisian bench, after a raid of seven titles in a row.
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