Hot and cold sweats … If Monaco, in the midst of a change of coach, has not been full of emotions against Quevilly-Rouen (3-1), Saint-Etienne and Reims, the two other clubs in the The elite engaged in the matches scheduled at 6.30 p.m., trembled a little more to get rid of Jura Sud (N 2, 2-1) and Thaon (N 3, 1-0) and secure their place in the round of 16.
On the grounds of the Bram de Louhans park, it is above all… the supporters of the Greens who have distinguished themselves by their imbecility. From the start of the match, a firecracker from the Saint-Etienne yard exploded near Jura Sud goalkeeper Cédric Mensah. At the same time, smoke and fireworks plunged the enclosure into thick fog. After barely 3’34, the referee of the meeting decided to send the players back to the locker room for an interruption of about twenty minutes.
Back on the pitch, the players of Pascal Dupraz, the new Forézien coach, quickly took matters into their own hands, to the point of leading 2-0 (goals from Nadé and Nordin). Before falling asleep a little on their laurels. After a first warning with a diving header from Mbuyi on the bar of Bajic (53rd), Jura Sud came back to the score twelve minutes from the end thanks to a nice shot from Cardoso Moura. Short-lived hope quickly extinguished by a penalty from Sako for a foul on Silva in the area (3-1, 82nd) and a free kick from Boudebouz (86th).
The Rémois, them, did not make the proud on a ground of Thaon looking like a plow field. At the end of the stoppage time (90th + 3), the Champenois, reduced to ten during the last twenty minutes after a stroke of blood (or rather a head butt) from Ekitike, managed to avoid the trap of a penalty shootout. On a free kick from Flips entering the area very poorly managed by the defense, substitute Fraser Hornby managed to push the ball into the cage with his knee. Cruel to Thaon. This is not always the magic of the Cup …