OM beat Montpellier on penalties
It took a long time at the Vélodrome before knowing who would qualify for the quarter-finals. It was ultimately OM who qualified on penalties against Montpellier (1-1, 5-4 on pens).
The Olympians, more enterprising in the game, thought they had done the hardest part when, a quarter of an hour from the end, Arkadiusz Milik came to push the ball into the back of the net after a scramble in the box (74e ). Imperial until then, Bertaud was beaten this time.
Abused, the Montpellier residents had the merit of not giving up and always believing in it. On an opening in the back of the defense, Béni Makouana managed to lob Pau Lopez (80e ).
Then, during the penalty shootout, the Montpellier player Ristíc was the only one to see his shot repelled. Payet, he did not shake and delivered his team by scoring the winning shot on goal. A successful evening for the Marseille club, which also announced the signing of French defender Samuel Gigot from Spartak Moscow. The player will end the season in Russia on loan before joining OM.
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Versailles charts its course
Versailles, a National 2 club, extended its Coupe de France epic on Saturday by winning 1-0 at Toulouse, the current Ligue 2 leader, and advanced to the quarters.
Last team in the amateur world still in the running with Bergerac, another resident of N2 who faces Saint-Etienne on Sunday, the Versaillese brought down Toulouse reduced to 10 from the 22e minute after the expulsion of Steve Mvoué for a tackle from behind on Diego Michel (22e ).
In numerical superiority, the Versailles, at the head of their group of N2, waited a long time before finding the fault, applying especially not to take a goal. But Kapit Djoco offered a historic qualification to his team after a great collective action (79e ).
“We have proven that anything is possible. […]. As the meetings progress, we get caught up in the game, ”savored Versailles coach Youssef Chibhi.
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Bastia overthrows Reims
At the beginning of the evening, the Bastiais brought down the Rémois in goal shooting at the Auguste Delaune stadium (1-1, 5 tab to 3). The Corsicans, who flirt with the red zone in Ligue 2 (16e ), were first led by the Champenois, also dying in Ligue 1 (14e ).
Already author of eight goals in the league, Rémois Hugo Ekitike opened his counter in the Cup by taking over without control a cross from Mitchell van Bergen (38e ).
But the Bastiais pushed and came back to score thanks to a superb strike under the crossbar from Sébastien Salles-Lamonge (71e ).
The Corsicans and their goalkeeper Johny Placide, formerly of the Reims house, won a penalty shootout, where only Reims Andreaw Gravillon missed his attempt.
In another disputed eighth in the afternoon, Amiens went to win Nancy 2-0. During this opposition between Ligue 2 clubs, the Picards quickly took the advantage through former Nancy Arnaud Lusamba, at the conclusion of an action that he himself had initiated (16e ). Faced with his training club, currently last in Ligue 2, the Amiens midfielder showed himself very much to his advantage, offering a decisive pass to Tolu Arokodare for the 2-0 (39e ).
Now in the quarters, the ASC brought back the memory of the course of 2001, where the club, then in National, had climbed to the final against Strasbourg, winner on penalties.
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