Following their Trophee des Champions triumph on Wednesday, Paris Saint-Germain will kick off their Coupe de France campaign with a trip to sixth-tier Revel for a round-of-64 tie on Sunday.
The visitors got past Toulouse to secure their first piece of silverware of the season after the turn of the year and will now begin their bid to regain the domestic cup trophy.
Jerome Rouge's side began their journey with a meeting against eighth-tier Saint-Aubin-Guerande in mid-November, and they progressed with a 3-0 victory as Pierre-Antoine Palacios, Jean Boyer and Maxime Zahil netted goals in a five-minute spell soon after the hour mark.
That set up a tougher test at home to fifth-tier Blagnac in the previous stage, and after the contest ended in a 1-1 draw, with Zahil having opened the scoring, the Haute-Garonne would eventually prevail in a penalty shootout to book their place in the final 64 and set up the eye-catching meeting with the Ligue 1 champions.
After their French National 3 league campaign ended in relegation in early November, Revel now have their focus fully on the Coupe de France and will aim to pull off a historic upset in arguably the most momentous game in their 114-year history.
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