In yet another round of Coupe de http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 defeated Paris Saint-Germain to reach the semi-final of the cup competition
Olympique Lyonnais inflicted Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti his first defeat since joining the capital club in a Coupe de France quarterfinal.
Paris Saint-Germain 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais
Under the guidance of Carlo Ancelotti, Paris Saint-Germain had gone on an incredible run of 12 games without a defeat in all competitions. Since December 1, 2012, Les Parisiens had not been beaten. However, this dream run came to an end as they were outplayed
by an Olympique Lyonnais side that is determined to win some silverware by the end of the campaign.
In a thrilling end-to-end game, PSG scored the first goal when Brazilian winger converted a penalty kick after young Samuel Umtiti had handled the ball in his own box.
However, Les Gones never lost hope. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kim-c20955 Kallstrom, scored from a brilliantly taken free-kick in the 25th minute to equalise. A few minutes later, Lisandro Lopez scored another goal to give Remi Garde’s team a well-deserved
lead.
PSG dominated possession in the 2nd half. Javier Pastore’s introduction after the break was not enough as France international Bafetimbi Gomis scored in the second minute of injury time through a penalty to put the result to bed.
This was Carlo Ancelotti’s first defeat as coach of PSG while Lyon’s wounds of the Champions League knockout at the hands of APOEL Nicosia are surely healed as they reach the semi-final of Coupe de France where they will face Gazelec Ajaccio.
Gazelec Ajaccio 1-0 Montpellier Herault
Corsican minnows Gazelec Ajaccio have never gone beyond the last 32 of Coupe de France before but the Championnat de France Amateurs-side were to make history as they took on Montpellier Herault. Rene Girard’s side was uncharacteristically timid and saw
themselves thrown infront of a fearless and spirited Gazelec side that took the game to the visitors.
Yohan Bocognano scored the only goal of the game in the 75th minute as Montpellier slumped to a second consecutive defeat which is something of a rarity these days.
Gazelec now join league-fellows US Quevilly who defeated Marseille.
Valenciennes 1-3 Stade Rennais
Stade Rennais lost the Coupe de France final to EA Guingamp in 2009 but are still in with a shot of winning it following a 3-1 victory over Valenciennes.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Foued-Kadir-c13896 was sent off for a reckless tackle on Yann M’Vila of Marseille which turned out to be the defining moment of the game.
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