Soccer-Sorry PSG knocked out of French Cup by Marseille


Soccer Football - Coupe de France - Round of 16 - Olympique de Marseille v Paris St Germain - Orange Velodrome, Marseille, France - February 8, 2023 Olympique de Marseille's Ruslan Malinovskyi celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Paris St Germain's miserable start to the year continued when they were knocked out of the French Cup last 16 by bitter rivals Olympique de Marseille on Wednesday.

Marseille, who had only beaten PSG twice since the capital side were taken over by Qatar Sport Investment (QSI) in 2011, reached the quarter-finals thanks to an Alexis Sanchez penalty and a Ruslan Malinovskyi thunderbolt after Sergio Ramos's first-half equaliser.

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