CUP FUTBOL
Quarter finals of the French League Cup
Coupe de la Ligue
The quarter final of the Coupe de la Ligue finished with all teams playing at home getting into the semifinals.
As the restart of the Ligue 1 kicks off this weekend, Paris St. Germain sent a strong message to the chasing pack in the league title race with a ‘6-1’ thrashing of Saint-Etienne.
A 10-man Reims advanced to the semi-finals by holding on to win on penalties against the defending champions Strasbourg.
Brest narrowed the Lyon’s lead down to a goal with just 5 minutes of regulation time left, but a goal from Jean Lucas in the 90th-minute settled the match for Lyon to advance with a ‘3-1’ home victory.
Lille found two goals within the 50th minute mark to beat a 10-man Amiens.
Mauro Icardi scored a hatrick in Paris St. Germain’s ‘6-1’ victory against a 10-man Saint-Etienne in Paris.
Semifinalist
Reims
Lyon
Lille
Paris St. Germain