Lionel Messi and Paris Saint Germain were left out of french cup After Olympique Marseille Qualified for quarter finals french championship, A 2-1 win at the Velodrome Stadium, a harrowing defeat for the team from the capital, who will face Bayern Munich in the Champions League in less than a week.
In an intense duel between two of French football’s most popular clubs, Alexis Sánchez (31) and Ukrainian Ruslan Malinovsky (57) scored for the locals from penalties, while Spaniard Sergio Ramos made it 1–1 just before the break. made provisional ( 45+2 ), thus obtaining messi and neymar They die in the field.
This is the second win over Marseille psg In the last 27 Classics played and the first home win for a team from a 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 Marseille team captain Valentin Rongier, whose players celebrated qualifying as if they had already Have won the trophy.
For their part, PSG, who began 2023 in Ligue 1 with two losses and a draw after two previous wins, may have doubts about next Tuesday when they face off at the Parque de los Will receive in Principes. Paris to Bayern in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.
Without forgetting that before that, on Saturday, they will have to visit Monaco in a game that could restart the title race in the event of a defeat for the Parisians.
Upon the defeat, Paris captain Marquinhos said:
“It is a loss that hurts because it is a cup loss against our great rival.”
“We knew they were going to put a lot of pressure on us and we weren’t able to break through their lines fast enough. We made some mistakes that cost us dearly”, said the Brazilian central defender.
