On Sunday, two more round of 16 matches were played in the Coupe de France tournament, after which two Ligue 1 clubs - PSG and Monaco - joined the teams that had already advanced to the next stage.
1 - 0 Gueugnon 65' [1 - 0] Bonaventure Kalou
Struggling in the country's championship and recently appointing a new coach, Paul Le Guen, the Paris team met a lower league team, Gueugnon, this time and after a tough battle, still managed to defeat them with a score of 1-0. The only goal of the match was scored by Bonaventure Kalou in the 65th minute. It is worth mentioning that this was P. Le Guen's first victory as the coach of PSG.
2 - 0 37' [1 - 0] Camel Meriem 90' [2 - 0] Camel Meriem 36' Nicolas Douchez (Toulouse) sent off
The match seemed to unfold more easily for Monaco, which finally seemed to have found its game. In the match against Toulouse, the principality club surged ahead in the 37th minute, when Toulouse goalkeeper Nicolas Douchez was sent off for handling the ball outside the penalty area, and the resulting penalty was successfully converted by Camel Meriem.
It was this Monaco defender who became the hero of the match, as he scored a precise strike in the final minute, defeating the substitute Toulouse goalkeeper for the second time and confidently leading his team into the next stage of the tournament.