The people of Cannes did it again 3 years ago! This time, it was not Dijon, but Grenoble, another Ligue 2 club, that the Dragons brought down.
And even more than that, Cannes humiliated the Isère club, more in the way than in terms of the scoreboard. In a Pierre de Coubertin stadium intoxicated by the magic of the Cup despite the opening of only one stand, AS Cannes, residents of National 2 (4th division) put the totally overwhelmed Grenoblois through hell.
Very early on, Julien Domingues reminded GF38 that nothing would be easy. It was he who opened the scoring by taking advantage of a shot on the bar from Gonçalves, forgotten by the Grenoble defense (9').
While we thought that the debates would be balanced after Théo Valls' Isère equalizer (12'), the Cannes players gave a terrible boost. The inevitable Domingues allowed Cannes to regain the advantage with a superb curling shot, on a marvelous through ball from former Senegalese international Cheikh Ndoye (18').
And the waves no longer stopped on the Grenoble cage. More committed, concentrated and confident, the Cannes players made the break through former Angevin Cheikh Ndoye, again, who rose higher than everyone on a corner from Gonçalves (39'). Mambu even had the ball 4-1 before the break, while the referee, M. Bigot, overlooked an obvious penalty for a charge on Abbas.
A two-goal advantage that AS Cannes will maintain without really trembling. If Abbas and Chambon missed precious ammunition in the money-time, nothing could prevent the Azuréens from winning.
Sylvestre will reduce the gap at the start of added time, but AS Cannes will indeed be in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, after a heroic match!
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