Top-flight teams avoid upsets, reach French Cup round of 32

PARIS (AP) — Top-flight groups Lorient, Reims and Toulouse prevented upsets with heavy scoring to achieve the French Cup’s spherical of 32 on Sunday.

But four-time winner Auxerre, which additionally performs within the first division, wanted penalty kicks to get previous third-tier Dunkerque after a 2-2 draw.

Lille hosted Troyes later Sunday in an all-first division sport.

Dutch striker Thijs Dallinga led the best way for Toulouse with two objectives in a 7-1 win at fifth-tier Lannion. Toulouse confirmed honest play by giving Lannion’s gamers a guard of honor as they walked off.

Lorient gained 6-0 at novice workforce La Châtaigneraie with ahead Yoann Cathline netting twice, whereas midfielder Martin Adeline additionally grabbed two as Reims gained 7-0 at amateurs Loon-Plage.

Corsican workforce Ajaccio went to the east of France to tackle fourth-tier Jura Sud and gained 2-1. Brazilian striker Ruan Levine obtained each objectives for the first-division squad.

Meanwhile, Nassim Akrour confirmed that age nonetheless has not caught up with him, because the 48-year-old former Algeria striker arrange fifth-tier Chambéry’s third objective with a nice move in a 3-1 win at Aubagne.

First-division groups Clermont, Monaco and Nice all misplaced on Saturday — with Nice’s defeat growing the stress on coach Lucien Favre — whereas report 14-time cup champion Paris Saint-Germain wanted late objectives to win on Friday.