Six-goal PSG into French Cup semi-finals
Paris Saint-Germain cruised in to the semi-finals of the French Cup on Wednesday after thumping Dijon 6-1 in a match that saw the French champions benefit again from comical own goals.
PSG were ahead just 47 seconds after start because of Wesley Lautoa shanking Mitchel Bakker's low cross into his own net to the bemusement of his teammates.
It was the next own goal in weekly to be scored for PSG, who also saw Lyon's Fernando Marcal slam a stunning effort past his own goalkeeper at the weekend.
Nevertheless the hosts were level in the 13th minute because of a impressive low curling effort from Mounir Chouiar, which squeezed past Kaylor Navas.
While the away side were far from full strength, with Angel Di Maria and Mauro Icardi on the bench and Neymar not in the squad, Thomas Tuchel's team did include Kylian Mbappe and Edinson Cavani, who was simply making his first start in over a month after practically moving to Atletico Madrid in January.
The Uruguayan was left waiting his 200th goal for the club in the 21st minute when he turned home Thomas Meunier's cross, only for the strike to be eliminated for handball by the Belgian after a VAR check.
"It's not that bad because he can score his 200th goal on Saturday (against Amiens) or Tuesday (against Borussia Dortmund). I could feel he's there," said Tuchel.
On the match, he added: "I'm happy because we deserved the victory. It's an enormous performance."
Mbappe put PSG ahead one minute before the break, punishing Jhonder Cadiz's miss when clean through seconds before by clinically slotting home a similar chance.
Thiago Silva added a third four minutes following the break with a header from a corner before Pablo Sarabia ended Dijon's resistance by pushing home his 11th of the growing season on the rebound.
Senou Coulibaly watched on in horror with 5 minutes left when Mbappe's cross looped off his thigh over helpless stopper Runar Alex Runarsson, before Sarabia tapped home his second in stoppage time from another Mbappe centre.
Later, Lyon coach Rudi Garcia knocked his former side Marseille out as Houssem Aouar scored an 81st minute winner.
The winning goal came ten minutes after Lyon's Moussa Dembele had a penalty -- awarded when Hiroki Sakai handled a go from Karl Toko Ekambi -- saved by Yohan Pele in the Marseille goal.
It was the third time this year that Dembele had missed from the location for Lyon.
On Thursday, fourth division side Epinal -- last 16 conquerers of Lille -- will look to continue their spectacular cup run going when they host Saint-Etienne.
They will make an effort to succeed where fellow fourth-tier outfit Belfort failed following their 3-0 defeat to holder Rennes on Tuesday.
