AS Cannes – FC Lorient: the summary of the early elimination of the Lorientais in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France

1 A seriously overhauled team

Olivier Pantaloni had announced a “rebalancing of playing times”. This was the case with a seriously overhauled FC Lorient despite the presence of regular starters like Talbi, Ponceau, even Silva, who is returning from injury, and Soumano in the absence of Bamba and Tosin. Fadiga took the opportunity to get his first start and Le Bris, Diarra, James and Silva in particular to find the starting eleven. In the end, eight changes were made between the clash against Metz and this round of 16 of the Coupe de France.

• 2 Nightmarish first thirty minutes

  The evening started badly with the withdrawal of Pagis (ill) then, above all, the worrying injury exit in the 8th minute of Diarra, who was gradually recovering from a ruptured cruciate ligaments. It didn’t stop there since in the 8th minute, Abbas, in the corner of the area, quietly rolled up to find Leroy’s small net (1-0). Before a new counter goal but on a shot outside the area from the same Abbas and once again in an armchair (2-0, 22′).

• 3A glaring lack of efficiency

This is the goal of Le Bris, following good work in the pivot by Soumano who (a little) sounded the Lorient revolt (36′, 2-1). And it was this same duo, in the same order, who came very close to equalizing shortly after the hour mark but Vanni’s left post (which touched the ball) saved the Cannes team (68′). And if little by little, the people of Cannes began to pay for their initial excess of energy, the people of Lorient remained clumsy despite multiple interesting situations throughout the second half. Like a very dynamic Mvuka who appeared alone in front of Vanni without managing to strike (77′). In the absence of Bamba and Tosin since the defeat in Laval, the Merlus have only scored one small goal in three games in 2025…