Football: Thiago Silva Nods Holders PSG Into Last Four
Muhammad Rameez Published January 12, 2017 | 10:15 AM
PARIS, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Jan, 2017 ) - Captain Thiago Silva showed the wasteful Edinson Cavani how to do it with two crashing headers as holders Paris Saint-Germain surged into the semi-finals of the French League Cup with a 2-0 win over Metz on Wednesday.
Also into the last four are Nancy, Monaco and Bordeaux, who won their quarter-final 3-2 at home to Guingamp earlier in the evening. Home side PSG were all over Metz, struggling near the bottom of Ligue 1, from the off and should have been 2-0 ahead after a quarter of an hour.
Both times it was striker Cavani who was wasteful, heading wide from near the penalty spot and then minutes later seeing his shot from point-blank range saved by the legs of goalkeeper David Oberhauser.
Angel Di Maria -- who has failed to really win over the fans at the Parc des Princes since his big-money move from Manchester United -- was the next one guilty of profligacy, attempting to set up Cavani with a panenka-style pass when a simple cross would have sufficed.
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