Meissa Ba and the Red Star players dropped the 5th in L1 in the Coupe de France.
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GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP
The reunification of professional and amateur clubs in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France was fatal on Saturday in Lens, surprised 3-2 by the Red Star (National), but not in Montpellier who struggled against Alès (2-1), training of 5th division.
The Sang et Or, astonishing fifth in Ligue 1, bit the dust at the Bauer stadium in Saint-Ouen where the Red Star, a popular club from the northern suburbs of Paris, scored the goal of deliverance in the 91st minute by the substitute Alan Dzabana.
Doucouré had yet scored a superb goal
At home, the Seine-Saint-Denis team offered resistance at all times, well helped in the second half by the unexpected arrival of about thirty loyal rebel supporters, forming a mini-kop with songs, colored scarves. club and respect for barrier gestures ... until the winning goal.
The Red Star offers itself the RC Lens!
The resident of National creates surprise by eliminating the 5th in Ligue 1, 3-2!
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The camera has cracked and Lens too.
The Lensois, surprised by the early opening of the scoring (21st), thought they had repaired their initial error thanks to Facundo Medina (29th) and Cheick Doucouré (49th), already scorer in the next round against Nantes.
But the Ile-de-France residents equalized ten minutes from the end (83rd) before winning on the gong by a player who came into play a quarter of an hour earlier.
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