2024-01-07 18:51:20
It was hot until the end in Bollaert! Lens and Monaco experienced an unbearable penalty shootout, like the first 90 minutes, which ultimately saw the men from the Rock come out on top against a monstrous Brice Samba. The last northern rampart stopped three opposing attempts, after having already completed 90 minutes of very good quality.
The number 2 in the selection hierarchy behind Mike Maignan first responded to a good save from his Monegasque counterpart Majecki by starting on the right side on a poorly taken penalty from Youssouf Fofana. After another missed attempt from his teammate Fulgini, above the frame, Samba once again stopped the opposing attempt, this time from Vanderson on the right side.
Magassa (finally) deceives Samba
The northern goalkeeper even achieved the hat-trick by stopping a third consecutive attempt with a very firm left hand on a shot from Boadu. Just before, Facundo Medina had found the bar. Each time, Samba managed to keep his team alive, with the same technique, a few words towards the shooter and hopping on his line while spreading his arms. A technique which had smiled on the Northerners, until a last miss from Adrien Thomasson, during the ninth shot on goal from Lens.
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Despite an immense Brice Samba in the Lens cages, it is the Monegasques who emerge victorious from this penalty shootout and who secure their ticket for the 16th finals! pic.twitter.com/1wT21PlanW
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Opposite, Soungoutou Magassa, at the age of 20, did not tremble against the French international by finding the left corner of the goal and qualifying AS Monaco in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. The Rocher club may still regret not having taken cover before, when they had made the break (2-0, 21st) after the quarter of an hour of play. Maouassa and Sotoca had brought the Lensois back up to par, while Franck Haise had seen red, before this unbearable penalty shootout!
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