The surprises keep coming in these 32nd finals of the Coupe de France. After Le Havre, other Ligue 1 teams experienced major disappointments this Saturday. For Montpellier, it was even a nightmare that Jean-Louis Gasset's men went through at the Charles Massot stadium. Opposed to Puy-en-Velay, 3rd in its National 2 group, it was those who played 3 divisions higher who conceded… a 4-0!
The euphoria was total among the Auvergnats, authors of 3 goals at the very end of the match after Zogba's opening score just before half-time. Facing the failing Pailladins, Puy saw Nicolas Pays score a double, to give a little more headache to the MHSC, bottom of Ligue 1 and who will take advantage of the holidays to clear their heads.
Nice is doing well, Lyon was scared
Corte has long believed he would achieve a big blow against the 6th place in Ligue 1, but it was OGC Nice who qualified (1-1, 5-3 tab) on the island of beauty. While Diop missed an entry penalty (4th), stopped by the captain of the Corsican club Jacques André Luciani, author of a huge match, Boussemart opened the scoring for the Islanders (11th), in numerical superiority after the logical exclusion of Yann Nandjou for a very dangerous tackle on Agostini (39th).
But at 10 against 11, the Aiglons created the best chances and ended up coming back with a goal from Tanguy Ndombele (60th), before Luciani pushed the Gym to penalties by pushing everything away. A flawless performance from the Azuréens and a miss from Perotto allowed Nice to reach the 16th. They will perhaps find ES Thaon (N3), author of one of the big surprises of the day by winning 2-1 against Amiens, 8th in Ligue 2.
Finalist of the last edition, OL played to scare themselves against the Entente Feignies-Aulnoye (N2). While Tolisso was injured in the 28th minute, Alexandre Lacazette's team, still discreet, took advantage of a splendid free kick from Saïd Benrahma to take the advantage. His great friend in the locker room, Georges Mikautadze, thought he had won the match by making the break in the 88th minute but Koubemba's reduction in the score (2-1, 90th+4) allowed his team to believe it and put the pressure on Remi Descamps' goals until the end, in vain.
Nantes without any worries
Nantes, for its part, had no trouble facing the pitfall of JA Drancy, resident of National 3 (4-0). On an ejection seat in recent weeks, Antoine Kombouaré, winner of the 2022 edition with the Canaries, saw his team break away without forcing too much in the first period, thanks to a double from Mathis Abline (21st and 33rd), on the pitch from Bauer Stadium. The FCN, which had won only one of its last 12 matches before this Saturday, then widened the gap thanks to Zeze from a corner (63rd) and Mostafa Mohamed (82nd), who had not scored since the August 31.
Drancy-Nantes, December 21, 2024.
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All the results of the 6 p.m. matches:
Feignies-Aulnoyes (N2) – Lyon (L1) : 1-2
Court (N3) – Nice (L1) : 1-1, T.A.B. 3-5
Drancy (N3) – Nantes (L1) : 0-4
Le Puy (N2) – Montpellier (L1) : 4-0
Thaon (N3) – Amiens (L2): 2-1
