French Cup holder Toulouse loses on penalties to third-tier Rouen in round of 32
PARIS (AP) — French Cup holder Toulouse was eradicated within the spherical of 32 after agonizingly shedding a prolonged penalty shootout at third-tier Rouen on Sunday.
Marseille additionally went out on penalties, falling to 2019 match winner Rennes 9-8 in a tense shootout the place each goalkeepers goaded the penalty takers in entrance of an emotionless referee.
When nervous-looking Marseille captain Samuel Gigot hit the crossbar at 8-8, it was right down to 18-year-old defender Mahamadou Nagida to win it for Rennes and his agency shot went in off the underside of the bar.
The match had completed 1-1, with Rennes ahead Martin Terrier equalizing within the second half after midfielder Jordan Veretout put Marseille forward within the twenty ninth minute.
The lengthy wait goes on for Marseille, which gained the final of its 10 French Cups in 1989 and has misplaced in 4 finals since.
Needing an injury-time equalizer to earn a 3-3 draw earlier Sunday, Toulouse then misplaced the shootout 12-11.
It was notably irritating for Chile left again Gabriel Suazo, who scored his first spot kick after which missed Toulouse’s twelfth to provide Rouen an opportunity for victory. Midfielder Abdeljalil Sahloune, who additionally scored along with his first kick, transformed once more to place the Normandy facet by means of.
It means each of final season’s finalists are out with Nantes shedding on Saturday.
Another top-flight facet joined them as Reims — sixth within the first division — misplaced 5-4 on penalties at third-tier Sochaux after salvaging a 2-2 draw with a late equalizer from defender Emmanuel Agbadou.
Elsewhere, coach Patrick Vieira’s Strasbourg coasted to a 3-1 win at Clermont.
OTHER MATCHES
Lille, which is fifth in Ligue 1, scraped a 1-0 win at fourth-tier Racing Club on the outskirts of Paris because of a purpose from Iceland midfielder Hakon Haraldsson. Top-flight Le Havre additionally laboured because it gained 1-0 at third-tier Châteauroux
Record 14-time winner Paris Saint-Germain superior on Saturday together with Nice, whose match was marred by crowd violence.
