This is the first surprise of this long weekend of the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France. This Friday, FC Pau (L2) eliminated Montpellier (2-1) thanks to a late goal from Mayron George. Earlier, Bassouamina opened the scoring (1-0, 25th) before former Monaco and Marseille striker Valère Germain equalized 20 minutes from time. It’s a very good performance for the Palois who occupy 13th place in L2. Montpellier, double winner of the Coupe de France (1929 and 1990), confirms its difficulties this season (14th at 4 lengths from the red zone).
At the same time, Grenoble beat Nîmes (1-0) and Paris FC dominated Valenciennes (3-1). Finally the duel of the two dunces of L1 turned to the advantage of Angers at the expense of Strasbourg at the end of the penalty shootout (0-0, 5-4 on pens). The Angevins remained on a series of 9 losses in a row in L1 while the Strasbourgeois recorded only one success this season at … Angers (2-3) in October. The PSG moves, him, at the beginning of the evening in Châteauroux (14th of National),