Di Maria at the double as PSG cruises
Angel Di Maria capped a superb performance with two goals as Coupe de France holder Paris Saint-Germain beat Dijon 3-0 in Wednesday's (AEDT) quarter-finals.
Di Maria has stepped into the breach since Neymar's metatarsal injury with five goals, the latest two helping seal PSG's progression to the last four with ease.
A sumptuous lob put Thomas Tuchel's side ahead, before he pounced on a loose ball to double its advantage before the break.
Its intensity dropped in the second half but Thomas Meunier added a late third to keep PSG's treble hopes alive.
PSG asserted its dominance early on and, after wasting some early openings, it broke the deadlock after eight minutes, Di Maria producing an audacious first-time lob over Runar Runarsson from Julian Draxler's perfect throughball.
Romain Amalfitano wasted a glorious chance to bring Dijon level, but Di Maria made no mistake when presented with his next opening, the Argentine slamming the ball home after Wesley Lautoa had blocked his initial pass towards Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
The visitor had its head in its hands again in the 32nd minute as Julio Tavares' attempt from a near-impossible angle rolled along the line and flicked the post.
Di Maria should have been celebrating a hat-trick before the break but, after Runarsson had superbly denied Meunier, the forward was thwarted by Fouad Chafik on the line.
Leandro Paredes saw a powerful free-kick tipped over by Runarsson early in the second half, but it was a rare moment of quality as the hosts' level dipped.
Dijon was unable to take advantage, though, with Gianluigi Buffon called into action to push away efforts from Tavares and Amalfitano either side of the hour mark.
Meunier got his goal with 13 minutes to play after good hold-up play from Choupo-Moting, the full-back side-footing past Runarsson to wrap things up.
