PSG faced difficulties in eliminating Espaly from the 5th Division of the French Cup
Gonçalo Ramos and Nuno Mendes were outstanding against Espaly, an amateur team, and the Parisians went through to the round of 16; João Neves was left back
After beating Lens (2-1) away from home in the last 32 of the Coupe de France, PSG faced a theoretically easier opponent in the next phase: Espaly, an amateur team in French football.
However, the reigning Ligue 1 champions began to lose after just three minutes and only took a deep breath in added time.
Gjeci opened the scoring for the visitors and the visitors only responded in the 37th minute, with a pass from Doué and a goal from Zaire-Emery. At half-time, Luis Enrique made several changes and brought on Nuno Mendes and Vitinha . Assisted by Barcola , Doué turned the score around, but Fournel equalised again seconds later.
Entering the final minutes and with the danger of deciding qualification on penalties, which have already eliminated great teams, including Lyon , this Wednesday, Nuno Mendes and Gonçalo Ramos , the latter a starter, came into action.
The former Sporting player assisted Barcola in the 88th minute, and the former Benfica player ended the doubts with a penalty kick in injury time (90+2′). Also worthy of note was João Neves , who was in the starting eleven as… left back.
