It's an insane series that seems impossible to reproduce today.
It bears the seal of Zlatan, Thiago Silva, Thiago Motta, Di Maria and other Maxwells, formidable competitors hungry for victories.
In turn, they helped lead PSG to the Coupe de France final from 2015 to 2021 by managing to remain undefeated for 42 consecutive games (only one failure on penalties, in 2019 against Rennes) and winning this emblematic competition of French football on six occasions (14 titles in total, a record).
Since then, Paris seems to have lost the recipe for success after two consecutive eliminations, in the round of 16 against Nice in 2022 at the Parc, and against OM at the Vélodrome last season.
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Unlike his predecessors, will Luis Enrique find the right ingredients to return to the quarter-finals and make PSG a real Cup team again?
If Ligue 1, more in line with technical teams, rewards consistency week after week, the Coupe de France requires other qualities: character, impact, power and a real taste for effort.
Characteristics that PSG sometimes struggles to express in moments when it must play for survival over 90 minutes against opponents more motivated than ever by the idea of bringing down the most powerful club in France.
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