Paris (AFP)
Like Monaco on Tuesday, Angers validated its ticket for the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France by dominating Sedan, a N2 club (1-0) on Wednesday, while a first amateur team, that of Rumilly-Vallières (N2), joined this prestigious tour.
The "Sangliers" of Sedan dreamed of rediscovering the traces of their golden age, they who are currently playing in the fourth division (National 2).
But the Angevin solidity was enough to offer the Ligue 1 club a logical ticket for the next round.
The SCO found the fault early enough, thanks to a very good ball call from the side Vincent Manceau, at the conclusion of a shot flush with the post (25th).
Without succeeding in taking shelter, Stéphane Moulin's men calmly dominated the rest of the meeting against the finalist of the 1999 edition and continue to dream of a journey similar to their epic of 2017, ended with a defeat in final against Paris SG (1-0).
Les Angevins become the third Ligue 1 club to qualify for the quarterfinals, after PSG, who eliminated Lille in March, and Monaco, winner of Metz on penalties on Tuesday.
Until possibly Montpellier Wednesday evening, then Lyon Thursday, both opposed to a lower category team.
In a more balanced meeting on paper between two N2 formations, GFA Rumilly-Vallières delivered a very successful performance to dominate Le Puy (4-0).
Arthur Bozon started hostilities (12th), before a one-sided end to the match with three goals scored in the last ten minutes.
Pending the match between Saumur (N3) and Toulouse (L2), scheduled for later Wednesday, Rumilly was well placed to become the Petit Poucet of the next round of this historic competition whose format has been changed in this year of pandemic: amateur and professional clubs could not compete before the stage of the round of 16.
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