After the qualifications in Nantes, Brest or Montpellier, other Ligue 1 teams were on the scene this Sunday evening on behalf of the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. All eyes were on AS Saint-Etienne, whose last few weeks have been very turbulent.
The Greens do not (almost) tremble
After a well negotiated first in the Coupe de France at the end of December, Pascal Dupraz again led the Greens in the next round, thanks to an ultimately easy success on the ground of Jura Sud (4-1). The Forez club has been able to avoid the trap set by the Franche-Comté training. Nadé (7th) and Nordin (13th) had allowed ASSE to quickly make the break. And if the reduction in Cardoso Moura’s score generated a little wind of panic (78th), Sako – just back in the club that blew him up (82nd) - then Boudebouz (86th), sealed the Stéphanoise qualification . A match nevertheless tarnished by new incidents, jets of smoke, after a few minutes of play …
Linas-Montlhéry comes out through the front door
Reims had a slightly more delicate evening but finally came to the end of Thaon (1-0), Hornby unblocking the situation in added time of the meeting. Finally, the most spectacular match of the day took place in Essonne, where Linas-Montlhéry offered a scenario as crazy as it was cruel against Amiens. Led 0-3 by the residents of Ligue 2, the Ile-de-France residents have found the resources to catch up before the final whistle! It was finally Amiens who had the last word in the penalty shootout (3-3, 3-4 t.a.b.). Linas-Montlhéry will not have to be ashamed after an admirable race.