Paris Saint-Germain vs Dijon; Coupe de France Quarter-Final
Paris Saint-Germain vs Dijon. Coupe de France Quarter-Final.
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Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 Dijon: Angel Di Maria fires hosts to French Cup semi-finals
Tuesday 26 February 2019 22:46, UK
Angel Di Maria scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain reached the French Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 win over Dijon.
The holders were without their potent three-pronged attack of Edinson Cavani, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe but made light work of the contest, Thomas Meunier also on target to seal a result that could have been more emphatic.
Dijon's Icelandic keeper Runar Runarsson made a string of superb saves in the first half but could do nothing about Di Maria's double, with both goals created by Julian Draxler.
Di Maria opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a brilliant lob from the edge of the penalty area after a defence-splitting pass by Draxler, and the Argentine winger swept a second past the stranded Runarsson just before the half-hour mark (28).
Dijon defender Fouad Chafik denied Di Maria a first-half hat-trick as he cleared the livewire forward's shot off the line while Julio Tavares hit the post at the other end after a rare Dijon break.
The busy Runarsson twice kept out superb Draxler chances before Meunier finally increased the margin of victory with a clever 76th-minute finish.
In the other quarter-finals, Rennes are at home to second division Orleans and Olympique Lyonnais take on Caen on Wednesday, while fourth division Vitre are at home to Nantes on March 6.