Axel Allag, Media365, published on Friday December 20, 2024 at 11:42 p.m.
Friday evening allowed Haguenau, resident of National 2, to take the scalp of Boulogne (4-1), while Espaly eliminated Dijon after a breathtaking penalty shootout (1-1; 4 shots on goal at 3). Troyes dominated Metz (3-0), while Bastia was booked and Laval, narrowly, booked its ticket for the round of 16.
Already two exploits in these 32nd finals of the Coupe de France. This Friday evening, Haguenau and Espaly were able to defy the predictions in order to advance to the round of 16 of the competition. A resident of National 2, Haguenau was able to get the best of Boulogne, although a resident of National. Thanks to an early goal from Alexis Goultequer in the 6th minute, Haguenau opened the scoring and the expulsion of Delins in the 15th minute then greatly helped to balance the balance of power. In numerical superiority, the National 2 team was able to unfold with Gil Lawson, passer on the first goal then scorer afterwards (2-0, 21st). A very inspired Lawnson as he scored a double before the break (3-0, 45th) and was a decisive double passer with another offering to Goultequer (4-0, 67th). At the end of the match, Dabo scored for the eliminated visitors (4-1, 90th+1).
Espaly takes Dijon, Annecy and Laval get by
Espaly was therefore the second nice surprise at the start of the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France. Facing Dijon, reduced to 10 after the expulsion of Vargas-Rios before the break (44th), Espaly had to chase the score because it was the visitors who opened the scoring despite their numerical inferiority (0-1, 70th ) before the locals immediately equalized (1-1, 73rd). Back to back after more than 90 minutes played, the two teams had to decide on penalties and in this register, it was Espaly who was the most skillful (4 shots on goal to 3) and could therefore celebrate as he owes himself this qualification in the next round.
Metz, for its part, fell with a crash at Troyes. The gap in the Ligue 2 ranking between 13th and 4th was not visible as the residents of the Aube stadium were able to shine. Renaud Ripart scored a double (27th, 84th) and his teammate Kalou Bi Irié also participated in an inevitably welcome success (3-0).
Annecy was very close to penalties against Goal FC but the Ligue 2 residents were finally able to escape. Leading the score thanks to Axel Drouhin, they were caught at the start of the second act (1-1, 53rd) before, in added time, Tanard scored against his camp, to the great dismay of his team, cruelly eliminated ( 1-2). Laval, too, trembled, but like Annecy, the Ligue 2 team was able to survive against Mérignac, resident of Régional 1. Dominateur Laval was pushed to penalties and therefore validated its ticket for the 16th ( 0-0; 4 shots on goal to 3). Finally, there was no miracle for RC Saint-Joseph, the last representative of Martinique, crushed by a too superior and logically qualified Bastia (5-0).
The results of the first 32nd finals of the Coupe de France:
Troyes (L2) – Metz (L2): 3-0
FC Espaly-Saint-Marcel (N3) – Dijon (N1): 1-1 (4 tab to 3)
Haguenau (N2) – Boulogne sur Mer (N1): 4-1
GOAL FC (N2) – Annecy (L2) : 1-2
Mérignac SA (R1)- Laval (L2) : 0-0 (3 tab to 4)
Bastia (L2) – RC de Saint-Joseph (R1 Martinique): 5-0
Rouen (N1)-Small (L1) : 0-1
