Marseille without pity for the Greens
Olympique de Marseille qualified for the 16 on Sundayes of the Coupe de France final by winning largely on the field of AS Saint-Etienne (4-0), who played with ten players for most of the match.
After the expulsion at the 21e minute of Ibrahim Sissoko for a bad gesture on Leonardo Balerdi, the Stéphanois, poorly classified in L1, conceded the opening score less than two minutes later by Mason Greenwood, author of a beautiful volley at the entrance to the surface. Adrien Rabiot doubled the lead in the 34thefrom a recovery from a corner, then Luis Henrique (69e) and Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg (81e) increased the score in the second half.
Auxerre surprised by Dunkirk
The only surprise at the start of the afternoon came from Auxerre, where Dunkirk won (1-0), surprising third in Ligue 2.
At Abbé-Deschamps, facing an AJA which nevertheless had a good first part of the season in the elite, the Northerners scored the qualification goal in the 26the minute by Enzo Bardeli.
In these 32es final, this surprise comes in particular in addition to the eliminations of Montpellier and Le Havre, two other L1 teams, against National 2 teams (4e division), respectively Le Puy (4-0) and Saint-Brieuc (1-0).
Monaco ensures
AS Monaco easily qualified for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France by winning 4-1 against Union Saint-Jean, a Regional 1 club, at the Toulouse Stadium.
The Monegasques made the difference in the first period against one of the two little thumbs in the competition thanks to Eliesse Ben Seghir, who found the opening by sliding the ball between the legs of Fawzi Rabyi (20e), before Vanderson beat Larry Viltard in the area (37e).
In the second half, Jordan Teze, with a nice shot from outside the area (65e), and George Ilenikhena in added time (90e+1), increased the score while the amateurs saved the honor by Benjamin Tournier (83e).
Rabyi saved two penalties, first against Breel Embolo (45e+3) then against Takumi Minamino (58e).
