Belfort (AFP)
Montpellier, fourth in Ligue 1, fell unexpectedly in Belfort (N2) on penalties (0-0 ap, 5 tab to 4) Tuesday in the knockout stages of the Coupe de France, leaving his modest opponent to reach the quarters for the first time in its history.
In the small Roger-Serzian stadium, the Belfortains found themselves in numerical superiority when the Montpellier goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli knowingly stopped a ball from his hand outside its surface, collecting a direct red card (90th + 3). And while Montpellier had found the post in additional time (90th + 7), the score did not move in overtime, before a penalty shootout where a decisive stop by the belgian goalkeeper Eddy Ehlinger 4-4 ahead of Damien The Tallec precipitated the victory of the locals.
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