OM eliminated in the round of 16 by Lille, Monaco eliminated by Reims

After equalizing at the last second, OM were finally eliminated on penalties by Lille, this Tuesday, in 16^e of the Coupe de France final (1-1, 3 tab 4). For its part, Monaco was knocked out by Reims (1-1, 1 tab 3).

It won’t be this year for OM yet. While it has not won the Coupe de France since 1989, almost 36 years, the Olympian club was eliminated on penalties this Tuesday, by Lille from the round of 16 (1-1, 3 tab 4). A real failure for Roberto De Zerbi’s men, who had made this competition a real objective.

Trailing around twenty minutes from the end of the match on a goal from Hakon Haraldsson (69^e), the Marseillais surely thought they had done the hardest part by snatching the equalizer at the very last second with a superb right-footed strike from Luis Enrique (90+6^e). But the Brazilian then saw his attempt deflected away from Vito Mannone, as did Jonathan Rowe. Two failures which precipitated the elimination of the Marseille team, the Lille shooters having shown themselves irreproachable against Jeffrey de Lange.

If Losc extended its invincibility to 20 matches in all competitions and gave a little depth to its season, OM now only have Ligue 1 to hope to win a trophy. But the mission will be far from simple with seven points behind PSG before the start of the return phase and the arrival of Strasbourg on Sunday at the end of the 18^e daytime.

And OM is not the only one to have left prematurely. Traveling to Reims, Monaco suffered the same fate by also being eliminated after the penalty shootout (1-1, 3 tab 1). With this elimination, the club from the principality, which has only won two of its last ten matches in all competitions, confirmed its bad run before traveling to Montpellier in the championship on Friday.

In the other matches, Nice avoided the trap in Bastia (L2) (0-1), Dives Cabourg (N3) won a historic qualification by overcoming Puy-en-Velay (N2) (1-0), while Le Mans (N1) and Guingamp (L2) validated their ticket on penalties at the expense respectively of Valenciennes (1-1 4 tab 3) and Sochaux (N1) (2-2, 9 tab 8).

The last meeting of the evening between Haguenau (N2) and Dunkirk (L2) was postponed due to weather conditions. The continuation and end of these 16^es The final will be played this Wednesday, with Lyon facing Bourgoin-Jallieu (N3) and PSG facing Espaly (N3).