In bad shape in the championship, Montpellier hit rock bottom in the Coupe de France this Saturday, dismissed from the 32 stagee final by a valiant and astonishing team from Puy-en-Velay (4-0) – never has an elite club suffered such an affront in the competition against a fourth division team. After Zogba opened the score at the end of the first period (43e), the National 2 players outclassed their Ligue 1 counterparts in the last quarter of an hour, with a double for Pays (75e90e) and a goal from Diebold (78e).
Representatives of National 3 for their part, the Corsicans of Corte gave the Niçois a hard time at the same time. After a missed penalty by Diop at the start of the match (4e), the Aiglons experienced a nightmarish first act, surprised by Boussemart (11e) then reduced to ten with the expulsion of Nandjou (39e). At the hour mark, Ndombele still managed to revive his team, for a victory obtained by forceps, on penalties, with a 100% success saving for the Gym (Laborde, Ndombele, Diop, Bouanani and Clauss ).
FC Nantes for its part did not have to suffer such a scare. Thanks to a double from Abline (21e33e) and the achievements of Zeze (63e) and Mohamed (82e), the Canaries logically disposed of JA Drancy, National 3 club (0-4). Finally Thaon, another resident of N3, caused a sensation by defeating Amiens, ambassador of Ligue 2 (2-1).
