Thunderbolt in the Coupe de France, Olympique de Marseille falls after penalty shootout against Annecy, Ligue 2 team.
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Annecy (L2) created a huge surprise by eliminating Wednesday 1
OM, which runs after an eleventh trophy in the event since its last success in 1989, has spoiled its great victory against Paris-Saint-Germain (2-1) in the previous round.
The disappointment is immense for an almost full Vélodrome stadium, which has already seen his own losing the classic of Ligue 1 Sunday against the same PSG (3-0). But Leonardo Balerdi did not frame his shot at the end of an intense shooting session to the goal.
The feat is immense for the Haut-Savoyard club, which reaches the last square of the Coupe de France for the first time in its history. For the third time in row, the FCA has gone to the “Pénos”, after Belfort in 1/16 and the Paris FC in 1/8th.
Jordan Veretout (29th) had nevertheless opened the scoring for Marseille, but Moïse Sahi (53rd) and Kevin Mouanga (59th) have gathered the Olympian defense. Five of the end, the goalkeeper of Annecy Thomas Callens, specialist in penalties, stopped that of Alexis Sanchez.
nantes can keep his title
At the last second, OM believed to resume its destiny in hand, when the subtle lob of a “minot”, François Régis Mughe, 18, allowed him to equalize.
In the other matches, the title holder Nantes came to the end of the third of Ligue 1, Lens (2-1), thanks to the first two goals of Andy Delort under the yellow and green colors, the two on penalties .
The blood and gold had however opened the scoring by their captain Seko Fofana (28th), but the ex-Nice equalized three minutes later.
The FCN can still keep the Coupe de France, as in 2000 after its victory in 1999.
In the quarter-final Occitan, the Téfecé left no hope to Rodez Aveyron Football (6-1), who dreamed of a second semi-final after that of 1989.
After ten minutes, the resident of L2 was already led 3-0, after goals from Zakaria Aboukhlal, Branco van den boomen and Thijs Dallinga.
The unhappy third goalkeeper of the RAF, Thomas Secchi, since Lionel Mapsi and Sébastien Cibois were injured, lost three times ahead of Farès Chaïbi, Gabriel Suazo and a Dallinga penalty.
Wility Younoussa only reduced the scoring for the Ruthenians, who will now have to forget this correction to try to leave the last place of L2.
Lyon won 2-1 against Grenoble Tuesday.