The SCO of Angers prevented the Martinicans of the Franciscan Club (5-0) from becoming, on Sunday March 7, the first overseas club qualified for the 8e of the Coupe de France, a round that Lille will play after its 3-1 success on Sunday at Gazélec Ajaccio. The two clubs avoided the route taken on Saturday by Lens and Lorient, Ligue 1 clubs eliminated from the 16 stage.is finals by opponents from lower divisions.
The Angevins won their face to face with the Franciscan Club, the third overseas club to reach this level of competition after the Réunionese of JS Saint-Pierroise (2019-20) and the Guyanese of ASC Le Geldar de Kourou (1988 -89).
The hope of the Martinicans, reduced to ten in the first period, ended with the achievements of Angelo Fulgini (32nd), Ibrahim Amadou (45th + 1 and 60th), Stéphane Bahoken (52nd) and the young attacking midfielder of 19 Noah Fatar (87th).
The label of the small thumb of the competition now rests on the shoulders of Saumur, a fifth division formation (N3) who eliminated the US Montagnarde (R1) on Saturday after a penalty shootout. The Angers team, who fell from Rennes in the previous round, will know the identity of their future opponent during the draw scheduled for Monday after the last round of 16 between Nice and Monaco in the evening.
Last before Sampaoli for Olympique de Marseille
The current leader of L1, Lille, also remains in the race after his victory in Corsica against Gazélec Ajaccio, ephemeral resident of the elite who went back down to the fourth division (National 2).
Christophe Galtier’s team, strongly reworked in its starting line-up, opened the scoring in the 10th minute by causing a goal against his side of Ajacciens. LOSC hit the nail on the head in the second half by Xeka (72nd) and the incoming Jonathan David (84th) who provoked a new counter-camp.
The Corsicans saved the honor late by David Pollet (87th), to the delight of the handful of supporters who came to encourage them despite the curfew, smoke in support, from outside the stadium but stuck on the ground.
In the other match played at the end of Sunday afternoon, the Chateaubriant Voltigeurs dominated another N2 formation, Romorantin (3-1). A hat-trick from captain David Vernet (10th, 30th, 90th + 5) offered the Loire-Atlantique team, who fell for the 2018 finalist Les Herbiers in the previous round, a historic qualification in the round of 16.
Sunday evening (9 p.m.), Olympique de Marseille had to face Canet-en-Roussillon, team of National 2, in Perpignan for the last match of the Olympians under the thumb of interim coach Nasser Larguet. The director of the OM training center will then give his place to the Argentinian Jorge Sampaoli, expected Wednesday at the Vélodrome for his first against Rennes in the league.
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