Paris crush fourth-division side Stade Briochin 7-0 to book their spot in the Coupe de France semi-finals

Following their narrow 3-2 victory at the Groupama Stadium over Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint-Germain travelled to Rennes at the Roazhon Park to face fourth-division side Stade Briochin in the quarterfinal of the Coupe de France. Luis Enrique and his team are facing a lower-tier side that eliminated Le Havre and OGC Nice, two Ligue 1 teams.

For this game, Luis Enrique made six changes to the team that beat Lyon on Sunday. Donnarumma has not been included in the group for this game while Warren Zaire-Emery made his return in the group following his ankle injury sustained against Stuttgart that sidelined him for three weeks.

Paris Saint-Germain's starting XI: Safonov; Pacho, Beraldo, Hernandez, Achraf Hakimi; Mayulu, Joao Neves, Fabian Ruiz; Kvaratskhelia, Gonçalo Ramos, Doué.

Stade Briochin starting XI: L'Hostis; Kerbrat, Angoua, Boundin, Le Marer, Diakité; Yobé, Beghin, Zakharyan; Janno, Gomis-Maillard.

Coupe de France: Paris qualified for the semi-final

The first 15 minutes of the game saw Paris dominating on the ball and creating numerous chances to open the score. Gonçalo Ramos' header was even cleared off the line by St. Brieuc's defence, denying to the Portuguese the 10th of his season.

Just moments later, Joao Neves opened the score, following up on the rebound of Doué's effort off the crossbar at the 16th minute of the contest. At the 22nd minute, Fabian Ruiz' long-range effort hit the crossbar. Gonçalo Ramos made it 2-0 at the 35th minute of the game after a good collective move led by Kvaratskhelia and Mayulu.

Both teams went into the half-time break with the visitors holding a commanding two-goal lead against the National 2 team.

Less than two minutes into the second half, Kvaratskhelia was fouled in the box and Gonçalo Ramos made it 3-0 from the spot, his second goal of the night (47'). Ten minutes later, Doué scored the fourth goal of his team (55'). Moments later, he assisted Gonçalo Ramos for his third goal of the night, turning the night into a goal fest (59').

Senny Mayulu scored the sixth goal of his side on another assists from Désiré Doué (66'). Warren Zaire-Emery made his return to the competition for the last 20 minutes of the game following his ankle injury sustained three weeks ago against Stuttgart in the Champions League. Substitute Ousmane Dembélé scored the seventh goal of his team at the 85th minute of the contest ending a perfect evening for Les Rouges et Bleus.

Up next, Luis Enrique and his team will host LOSC Lille on Matchday 24 of the Ligue 1 McDonald's on March 1st. Three days later, Les Parisiens will host Liverpool in the Round of 16 first-leg for one of the biggest clash of the round.