Little Thumb swept away, Angers did the job in pain, Guingamp won on the wire, Clermont went out on penalties… find the results of the 32nd finals.
The beautiful story ends there for the little thumb of the Coupe de France Marmande. The regional 2 club drafted after the disqualification of Vierzon for medical certificate fraud. On its lawn, against Le Mans (national) the Lot et Garonne club was no match for a serious team. From the 5th minute they collapsed and quickly lost all hope of qualification. Worn out, the defenders gave in six times allowing Le Mans to achieve the biggest success of its 32nd finals. Final score 0-7
Angers is getting by
How complicated it was for the SCO. In the tough Ligue 1, Angers faced Bobigny on its synthetic pitch, a team in good form in its national championship 2. Like Brest or Lille, on the smallest of margins, Alexandre Dujeux's men thanks to the only goal from Esteban Lepaul (66th) provided the essential to reach the round of 16.
Guingamp at the end of the suspense, Clermont went out on penalties
Long undecided meeting in this 100% Ligue 2 poster at Roudourou between Guingamp and Caen. After a long observation round of 75 minutes, Taylor Luvambo thought he could deliver an entire stadium (79th) but that was without counting on the equalizer from the inevitable Alexandre Mendy (85th). In added time, Hugo Picard offered qualification to the Bretons (90+2) who will see the round of 16, a first since .
Scoreless match at Auguste-Bonal, Sochaux (national 1) in numerical superiority after the expulsion of Diop (74th) did not find the fault. On penalties, the locals were faultless and took advantage of the miss from Auvergne striker Mehdi Baloudj.
The results
Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (N3) – Quevilly Rouen (Nat.) 0-2
Marmande (R2) – Le Mans (Nat.) 0-7
Bobigny (N2) – Angers (L1) 0-1
Thionville (N2) – Valenciennes (Nat.) 2-2 (4-5 at TAB)
Guingamp (L2) – Caen (L2) 2-1
Sochaux (Nat.) – Clermont (L2) 0-0 (5-3 au TAB)