This Wednesday, the quarterfinal round of the French Cup ended and the last semifinalists were known. Nantes, Toulouse and Annecy won their clashes to progress through the tournament to join Lyon, who clinched their place in the semi-finals on Tuesday.
O Marseille Olympics took a scare against Annecy, a team from France’s second division, after opening the scoring with Jordan Veretout in the first half. In a matter of minutes, the visiting team turned the game around at the beginning of the second half. Moïse Dion scored the first goal at eight and Kévin Mouanga completed the comeback at 14. Basically in the last shot, François-Régis Mughe left everything the same and took the game to penalties.
On penalties, it didn’t give to Olympique, who were defeated by 7 to 6 and said goodbye to the competition.
Nantes, with two goals from striker Andy Delort, beat Lens 2-1 at home. Seko Fofana opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half.
Later, it was Toulouse’s turn to secure their place in the semis by running over Rodez. The home team won 6-1, a rout that was built in the first half. Zakaria Aboukhlal, Branco van den Boomen, Farès Chaïbi, Gabriel Suazo and Thijs Dallinga twice scored the winning team’s goals. Wilitty Younoussa scored the goal of honor for Rodez.
The semifinal clashes will be defined by draw, which will be held this Thursday.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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