The eternal rivals who are soon to play eachother in the Ligue 1 next month, will also lock horns in the pre-quarterfinals of this season’s Coupe de la Ligue
The pre-quarterfinals of this season’s edition of Coupe de La Ligue are set to take place on October 30 and 31st this year. Last night, AS Monaco surprised Ligue 1 side Valenciennes to seal a place in the last 16 of the competition.
Claudio Ranieri’s side has been joined by two other Ligue 2 sides in Arles-Avignon and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AJ-Auxerre-c38247.
French Paralympics champion, Assia El Hannouni drew the pots for the pre-quarterfinals of the Coupe de la Ligue. The draw took place in the headquarters of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 Television late last evening. In the knockout stages, six teams that are also playing in Europe,
namely, Montpellier, PSG, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 and Girondins de Bordeaux are also participating.
And the pre-quarterfinal stages promise to be a great occasion as the headline of the last 16 would be the game between traditional rivals, Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain. The two teams are already promised to play a Ligue 1 game on the 7th
of October at Stade Velodrome and now, French football fans would be able to witness a league cup Clasico at Parc des Princes.
Last season’s Ligue 1 winners, Montpellier Herault will take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Francis-c13946 Gillot’s Bordeaux side. Newly-promoted Ligue 1 side Bastia will host AJ Auxerre who were relegated to Ligue 2 last season. AS Monaco will play Ligue 1 side Troyes.
Meanwhile, Rudi Garcia’s LOSC Lille side will have their work cut out when they face a tricky Toulouse side. Stade Rennais are not in good form and they will play Ligue 2 side Arles Avignon. Claude Puel will manage his first game against former club Olympique
Lyonnais when OGC Nice hosts them.
Sochaux Montbéliard have been touted as serious relegation candidates this season and Les Lionceaux will face a tough AS Saint-Etienne side.
The last 16 round of the Coupe de la Ligue promises to be an exciting one and all games will be played on Tuesday, October 30 and Wednesday, October 31.
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