French Cup. The National at the party

The National teams achieved an almost full success this weekend and will still be 11 (out of 16 since Châteauroux is excluded this season from the competition) in the running during the 8th round of the French Cup.

For example, there were only 8 N1 teams still in the race in the 8th round last year and 6 the previous season. The fact that FC Rouen was exempt from the 7th round this year obviously helped, as did a few favorable draws against League clubs. But overall the posters proposed were complicated with several meetings against N2 and N3 and the pitfalls were avoided, sometimes with difficulty like Nancy, the leader of the championship, on the Epinal lawn.

How can we not highlight the performance of QRM who brought down the best team in Ligue 2, Paris FC, at home. To achieve the grand slam, Villefranche was not missing much, eliminated after an interminable penalty shootout at also an L2, Grenoble.

GF38 coach Oswald Tanchot also remembered that with Sochaux last year he made a few heads roll. “When we played professional teams, we weren’t afraid. I think that's the case for everyone because in a match with a good goalkeeper and a good center forward you can go far. »

Also in National last season, in the Nancy jersey, Isère full-back Shaquil Delos is a good observer of the progress of N1. “For me, Ligue 2 is still above it but there is no longer a huge gap. The National is gaining momentum and in one match anything can happen. » The N1 will have even more to do during the 8th round. But they seem increasingly equipped to compete with professional teams and to avoid the pitfalls of those who would also see themselves shaking up the hierarchy.

The results of the 7th round of the Coupe de France for the National

Friday November 15, 2024
8 p.m.
Paris FC (L2) – Quevilly Rouen Métropole (N1) : 1-1 (2 tab to 4)

Saturday November 16, 2024
2 p.m.
AC coals (R1) – US Boulogne Côte-d'Opale (N1) : 0-3
OC valves (N3) – Le Mans FC (N1) : 1-2
Olympique Saumur FC (N2) – US Concarneau (N1) : 0-2
5 p.m.
FC Grandvillars (R1) – Dijon F Côte-d’Or (N1) : 2-4

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6 p.m.
SA Épinal (N2) – AS Nancy Lorraine (N1) : 2-4
FA Arras (R1) – Valenciennes FC (N1) : 0-2
Canet-Roussillon FC (N3) – FC Versailles 78 (N1) : 1-3
FC Gueugnon (N3) – FC Sochaux Montbéliard (N1) : 1-3
6:30 p.m.
Grenoble Foot 38 (L2) – FC Villefranche Beaujolais (N1) : 1-1 (10 tab to 9)
7 p.m.
Chamois Niortais (R3) – US Orléans Loiret F (N1) : 0-3