Holders LOSC Lille crashed out of the Coupe de http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-Lyonnais-c40130 are still competing for four trophies after defeating FC Girondins de Bordeaux at Stade de Gerland
Valenciennes 2-1 Lille
Few would have seen Valenciennes go past LOSC Lille in the Coupe de France round of 16. However, Valenciennes pulled off one of the biggest surprises of the competition when they beat defending champions LOSC Lille 2-1.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Sanchez’s side put on a mature and tenacious performance and proved to be a far more efficient unit than Lille.
Unsurprisingly, LOSC Lille dominated the game with their trademark passing but resolute defending keep Lille at bay.
Valenciennes were happy to sit back and defend and then catch the visitors on the break. The ploy worked quite well as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mathieu-Dossevi-c24684 (71st minute) and Vincent Aboubakar (78th minute) scored two goals to make it 2-0.
New signing, Nolan Roux scored a goal in the 88th minute to take his Lille tally to 3 goals in two games. However, that goal was the last one of the game as Valenciennes held on to an historic win.
Lille now have only Ligue 1 to look forward to where Rudi Garcia would be looking to defend their title.
Lyon 3-1 Bordeaux
Under the guidance of Remi Garde, Olympique Lyonnais have developed a habit of coming from behind to record a victory and in some cases a draw. In the game against Bordeaux, the same event was to occur when Brazilian midfielder scored gave http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Francis-c13946 Gillot’s
side a lead in the 23rd minute.
However, young striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexandre-Lacazette-c4895 levelled the game. Bordeaux had to thank goalkeeper Cedric Carrasso who denied the Lyon attackers time and time again to take the game to extra time.
However, as fans have been witnessing a lot, Les Gones had saved their best for the latter part of the game.
Once again, it was Bafetimbi who scored a goal in the first half of the extra time to give Lyon a lead for the first time in the game. In the 118th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jimmy-Briand-c18553 scored to make sure that Olympique Lyonnais remain in four competitions.
Chateauroux 0-2 Montpellier
Montpellier Herault have been in imperious form since the start of 2012 and Rene Girard’s side once again showed their quality against Ligue 2 side Chateauroux.
In-form, Olivier Giroud opened scoring in the 37th minute. Moroccan international Younes Belhanda, who had just returned from AFCON duty, scored in the 88th minute to guarantee La Paillade a place in the quarterfinals.
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