PSG lost the classic and was left out of the French Cup

In an intense duel between the two most popular clubs in French football, Alexis Sánchez from penalty (31) and the Ukrainian Ruslan Malinovskyi (57) scored for the locals, while the Spanish Sergio Ramos made it provisional 1-1 just before the break (47).

It is only the second win for Marseille over PSG in the last 27 clásicos played and the first home win for the team from the Mediterranean city since 2011.

“We knew that our fans had been waiting for this victory for a long time and we are happy to share it with them,” said Valentin Rongier, captain of a Marseille team whose players celebrated qualification as if they had already won the trophy.

PSG, who after two defeats and a draw in Ligue 1 at the beginning of 2023 seemed to have straightened the course with the last two wins, may have doubts about next Tuesday, when they will host Bayern at the Parc des Princes in Paris in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.

Without forgetting that before, on Saturday, they will have to visit Monaco in a match that could relaunch the title race in the event of a defeat for the Parisians.

“It is a defeat that hurts because it is a cup defeat against our great rival”admitted the Parisian captain Marquinhos to the channel France 3.

“We knew they were going to put a lot of pressure on us and we haven’t been able to get past their lines faster. We’ve made some mistakes for which we’ve paid dearly”added the Brazilian center back.

without the injured Mbappe, but with neymar In the starting eleven, once the Brazilian had recovered from injury, Paris SG suffered from the start under pressure from Marseille, who enjoyed their first scoring chances.

Gianluigi Donnarumma he stopped the first dangerous shots from the locals (Cengiz ünder at 5 and Malinovskyi at 15) and Sergio Ramos got in the way of a dangerous shot by Guendouzi (25).

But the veteran Spanish center-back committed a penalty on Ünder that Alexis Sánchez converted to make it 1-0 (31) and only then did PSG seem to react.

neymar he crashed a shot into the wood (39) and just before the break Sergio Ramos equalized, with a header after a corner kick (47).

The team led by Igor Tudor He took control of the game again after the locker room and returned to the lead on the scoreboard with a shell from the front of Malinovskyi (57), the first achieved by the Ukrainian in the Vélodrome, where he arrived in January from Atalanta.

Eliminated, the Parisians turned to the Marseillaise goal and were close to forcing penalties (in the French Cup there is no extra time). With Sergio Ramos playing center forward, the Spanish defender scored with a header, but the referee ruled it out for offside, and on the next play he hit another header that this time was saved by his compatriot Pau López.

Earlier, Lyon qualified for the quarterfinals after eliminating Lille 4-2 on penalties (2-2 after extra time).

Lyon started strong and in just 20 minutes they were already leading 2-0, with goals from Ryan Cherki (8) and Alexandre Lacazette (21), but Lille managed to tie the tie with goals from Jonathan David from a penalty (27) and Edon Zhegrova (64).

With no further changes to the score, the pass to the quarterfinals was resolved in a penalty shootout, where the locals did not miss any of their four shots and Mohamed Bayo and Timoty Weah missed for Lille.

Nantes also secured their ticket to the quarterfinals on penalties, eliminating bottom team in Ligue 1, Angers, and Annecy, against Paris FC.

In another of the duels between elite teams, Toulouse beat Reims 3-1, in the first defeat for the Champagne team since Belgian Will Still, just 30, took charge of the team last October.

In addition to Annecy there will be two other representatives of Ligue 2 in the quarterfinals: Grenoble, who beat Vierzon, from the fourth division, 1-0, and Rodez, who gave the big surprise by beating Auxerre 3-2.

The round of 16 will end on Thursday with the duel between Lorient and Lens.