Le Havre and Montpellier, two Ligue 1 clubs, were respectively eliminated by amateurs Saint-Brieuc 1-0 and Puy 4-0 upon their entry into the running in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France on Saturday.
Red lantern of Ligue 1, Montpellier drank the chalice to the dregs by conceding 4 goals against Puy, a National 2 club, the equivalent of the 4th division.
The defeat is less heavy for Le Havre, 17th in Ligue 1, against Saint-Brieuc, also in N2, but the consequences are the same: the last two in the first division standings left as soon as they entered the Coupe de France.
Toulouse and Nice, also opposed to amateur clubs, Haut Lyonnais (N.2) and Corte (N.3), escaped but needed penalties to reach the 16th finals.
Brest against La Roche-sur-Yon (N2) (1-0), Lyon against Feignies-Aulnoye (N2) (2-1) and especially Nantes against Drancy (N3) (4-0) better enforced their rank , always against amateur teams.
In the last match of the day, Strasbourg seriously won against Calais (N3) 3-0.
Ligue 2 clubs also experienced setbacks during these 32nd finals of the Coupe de France.
Amiens, fallen to Thaon (N3) 2-1, Grenoble, defeated to Cannes (N2) 3-2, and Martigues, crushed to Bourgoin-Jallieu (N3) 4-1, will not see the round of 16 of the competition.
In the last meeting of the day, Dives-Cabourg (N3) won against the Réunionnais of Saint-Denis 2-0, Tours-Lorient was canceled for security reasons without the FFF specifying whether the meeting would be postponed or if Tours (R1, the 6th division) would have lost a match against the leader of Ligue 2.
The 32nd finals of the Coupe de France continue on Sunday with the clashes between Lens and Paris SG, defending champion, and Saint-Étienne against Marseille, but also with Marmande, little thumb of the competition, playing in Regional 2, which faces Le Mans, a National club.
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