Paris Saint-Germain continued its bid for a fifth straight French Cup title as Angel Di Maria scored twice in a comfortable 3-0 quarterfinal win over Dijon at the Parc des Princes Tuesday. Di Maria's eighth-minute lob put the holder ahead, before adding his second before the half-hour mark, with Thomas Meunier sweeping in a late third. Thomas Tuchel's men remain on course for a historic treble, as they also lead Ligue 1 by 17 points with a game in hand and will take a 2-0 advantage over Manchester United into the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie next week. Head coach Tuchel, with Neymar and Edinson Cavani still out injured ahead of the Man United game, decided to leave Kylian Mbappe on the bench against a Dijon side languishing in the Ligue 1 relegation zone. The German singled out the first-half performance of January signing Leandro Paredes for special praise. "(Paredes) played a very good first half, like the rest of the team," Tuchel said. "He's a guy who can make very precise passes. It was his role to set the pace and speed up the passing game." AC Milan draws with Lazio AC Milan held Lazio to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semifinal in Rome Tuesday as the home side wasted numerous chances. The 2013 winner had plenty of opportunities to claim an advantage, including Ciro Immobile's delicate lob in the second half, but Gennaro Gattuso's side will return to the San Siro the happier of the teams. "The regret is that we didn't manage to score," Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi told Rai Sport. "We were only missing a goal. But the lads put in a great performance, were always very focused against Milan, who are the form team in Serie A right now." After a poor opening quarter of an hour as both teams failed to assert any control, the ball broke to Lucas Paqueta in the home side's box. Tiemoue Bakayoko's deflected shot fell to Paqueta but his shot was weak in threatening Thomas Strakosha. The capital city side dominated the remainder of the first half with plenty of chances which they should have taken. Patric, Immobile and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic all saw tame efforts from inside the box glance past Gianluigi Donnarumma's right-hand post. The hosts had a penalty shout turned down just after the hour mark. Immobile was pushed to the ground by Alessio Romagnoli as he cushioned the ball with a header, but he was judged to be offside by the assistant referee. Serbian Milinkovic-Savic finally had a shot on target on 66 minutes as his deflected effort forced Donnarumma to dive to his left. The best chance of the final 45 fell to Immobile with 10 minutes to play. He found himself in space one-on-one against youngster Donnarumma, but his audacious attempted chip hit the post and rolled out for a goal kick. He was immediately substituted for Felipe Caicedo by Inzaghi, whose first touch was to earn a wasted corner. — Agencies
