Houilles and Versailles qualified, FC Mantois eliminated

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Houilles and Versailles will be the last representatives of Yvelin football in 7^e tower of the French Cup. Saturday October 26 and Sunday October 27, 2024, during the 6^e In turn, FC Mantois was the only one not to pass the milestone. The draw for the next round will be made this Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 10:45 a.m. It will see the entry of Ligue 2 clubs.

• FC Mantois is falling by the wayside

FC Mantois, third in its Regional 1 championship, hosted Neuilly-sur-Marne on Saturday at the Aimé-Bergeal stadium in Mantes-la-Ville. If the residents of National 3 started favorites on paper, the Yvelin club hoped to continue the momentum of its brilliant victory against Créteil (Val-de-Marne), which plays in National 2, in the previous round.

At the end of 90 minutes, neither team had scored a single goal. Reduced to tenthe Noceans held. A penalty shootout would have to decide between the two teams. In this game, Neuilly-sur-Marne showed more mastery. FC Mantois completely collapsed and did not score any of its shots on goal, compared to three for their opponent.

• Versailles comes out on penalties

A year ago, at the same stage of the competition, FC Versailles (National 1) lost on penalties. They won't make the mistake twice. This Sunday, the Versaillais traveled to Tremblay, in Seine-Saint-Denis, with the label of big favorite, in view of the four divisions which separate the two teams.

However, it was the Tremblaysiens who surprised everyone and opened the scoring after two short minutes of play. Trailing, the Versaillais obtained a penalty. He is missed by Hend. At halftime, they are still chasing the score.

From the start of the second period, Jérémy Clément's men set the record straight and equalized thanks to Agoro, without ever managing to score a second goal. The score is 1-1 at the end of regulation time. As in Mantes, these will be the shots on goal who will choose the winner. This time, Versailles imposes itself in the exercise, and enforces the hierarchy.

• Houilles continues to dream

Houilles (Regional 2) traveled to Mée-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne) on Sunday, with the aim of doing as well as last year, when they received the SCO d’Angers for 7^e tour.

Their opponents of the day also playing in R2, the meeting promised to be balanced. Moreover, despite the red card collected by a player, the score is still 0-0 at 85^e minute. But at the end of the match, the Ovillois scored twice thanks to Vandal and Tolgui. They can now dream of another duel against an L2 club.

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