If Marseille offered a little air by winning at Auxerre (2-0), the situation of Nantes is still unbreathable, eliminated by Lens (4-2) on the day of the dismissal of the Canaries coach Raymond Domenech, Wednesday for the 32nd final of the Coupe de France.
In the other matches of the afternoon in the professional way, Monaco confirmed its form in Ligue 1 (4th) by winning in Grenoble (1-0), Montpellier qualified in Strasbourg (2-0) and Toulouse (L2) signed the first surprise of this round by eliminating Bordeaux (2-0).
Lille confirms its dynamic
Leader of Ligue 1, Lille confirmed its current good momentum by qualifying for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, thanks to a 1 to 0 success logically obtained in Dijon, once again harmless.
LOSC quickly gained the upper hand over an opponent more concerned about staying in Ligue 1. Aguibou, who was playing his first professional game, sealed the fate of the DFCO, and the match, in the 15th minute.
Raymond Domenech, dismissed even before leading an eighth game, did not even witness the last shipwreck of his team, which collapsed by conceding four goals, including a double from Corentin Jean (27th, 39th), after having however opened the scoring by Kader Bamba (24th), author of a double.
Antoine Kombouaré, tipped to become the fourth coach of the “Canaries” this season, after Christian Gourcuff and the interim Patrick Collot, again in service on Wednesday afternoon at La Beaujoire, will have work.
At Abbé-Deschamps, OM have won only their second match out of the last eleven, in all competitions, and are out of the water. Broken scorer Dario Benedetto opened the scoring, and young Ahmadou Bamba Dieng scored for his first pro game.
Concern for Neymar
Easy winner of OM in the “Clasico” on Sunday (2-0), PSG continued their preparation for the knockout stages of the Champions League in Barcelona, in six days.
The only small annoyance for the Parisians, winners thanks to a goal from the Italian Moise Kean, Neymar left the field at the hour mark after taking a few hits from the Caennais.
Already deprived of Angel Di Maria, PSG will monitor the state of health of his star.
Toulouse wins the Garonne derby
Scorer in form this season, Andy Delort launched the qualification of Montpellier in Strasbourg (0-2), imitated at the end of the match by Petar Skuletic.
Stevan Jovetic scored the winning goal for AS Monaco (1-0) in Grenoble (Ligue 2).
Finally in Toulouse (Ligue 2), a young team won the “American derby” of the Garonne between the “Téfécé” of the Red Bird fund and the Girondins of the King Street group, with goals from Vakoun Bayo and Janis Antist.
The goal of the day was signed by Steven Mounié, a superb acrobatic kickback to contribute to Brest’s victory against Rodez (L2), 2 to 1.
The most undecided match, Amiens (L2) -Metz (1-2), ended at the last second, when Vagner scored from the penalty spot in the last minute for the Garnets, for an unfortunate hand from Sambou Yatabaré who came to come into play.
Amateur clubs will play their 32nd finals on February 13 and 14 in these two separate and unprecedented routes set up due to the pandemic that has long caused the interruption of amateur football.
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