Nice eliminates PSG on penalties

Although it may not serve as a reference, Ancelotti you must rub your hands when you see this PSG. The weeks go by without the substantial improvement that was expected being appreciated. After an exciting penalty shoot-out, Nice eliminated the team from Pochettino of the Coupe de France after the definitive ruling of a Xavi Simons who left with his head down, a true reflection of the emotions of a team that does not fuel. A little for the Champions, PSG is an abyss away from succeeding.

It didn’t tickle Nice in the first half, with a lot of poise behind. Governing the game did not translate into anything more tangible for those at home, who slipped away the minutes without anything happening. There is no more news than the strange sensations that it transmits two weeks before facing Real Madrid in the Champions League, the worst definition for a team that neither scares nor intimidates. In return, sow doubts.

The territorial domain of PSG was inconsequential. As in his time at the Camp Nou, Messi took it upon himself to receive on the base of the play to shake up a tedious night. It also did not bear much fruit due to the lack of general rhythm. The 10, this time from Leo because the regulations of the Coupe de France oblige the starters to wear numbers from one to eleven, he was the only one who gave him some spark. Nice, however, systematically denied PSG.

A shot of Verratti punctually encouraged the 5,000 local fans, infected by the poor atmosphere on the field. The meeting was inappropriate for two teams that boast of being first and second in Ligue 1. The second half started with a scare for PSG, unable to stop the race against Kluivert until Donnarumma did. In the face of intermittence, Pochettino he had no choice but to pull Mbappe for the final half hour.

Without the transcendence of other nights, the entrance of Kylian neither did the march of a PSG change that before the 0-0 resorted to one of its golden boys: Xavi Simons. Nice clung to the tie, ready to make noise in the Parisian capital. The penalty shootout rewarded the enormous effort he put in throughout the match. After seven launched, Xavi Simons the final failed. The king of the Coupe de France falls in the round of 16. And this defeat has consequences.