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Coupe de France: Round of 64 Round-Up

The Coupe de France Round of 64 has wrapped up, marking the conclusion of French football for 2024. Here's a recap of which Ligue 1 McDonald's teams made it to the Round of 32 and which saw their hopes of lifting the trophy dashed this past weekend.
Eduardo Razo
Published on 12/23/2024 at 22:30
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Coupe de France: Round of 64 Round-Up

LOSC Lille 1-0 FC Rouen

The veteran Ismaily provided the lone goal in the 22nd minute and it was enough for Les Dogues to secure the victory and advance to the next stage of the competition.

Stade Brestois 1-0 La Roche

Ludovic Ajorque recorded the only goal of the match thanks to a goal in the 40th minute. Brest hung up a clean sheet against the National 2 side to advance to the Round of 32.

Stade Briochin 1-0 Le Havre

The contest between these two squads was scoreless for most of the 90 minutes, but it was the National 2 side that broke the scoreless deadlock with a goal from Stan Janno in the 80th minute. The lone goal in the match secured the upset win for Stade Briochin and allowed them to move on to the next round.

Toulouse 0-0 Hauts Lyonnais (4-2 on penalties)

It was a scoreless matchup between these two squads and the game headed to a penalty shootout where the Ligue 1 side would prevail.

OGC Nice 1-1 USC Corte (5-3 on penalties)

Corte opened the scoring in the 11th minute to take the surprising lead over Nice on Saturday night at Stade Armand Cesari. The visitors would also be playing with ten men after Yaël Nandjou received a red card in the 39th minute, giving the underdog Corte side the advantage to go along with their 1-0 lead.

After leading 1-0 at halftime, Corte couldn't hang on in the second half as Tanguy Ndombele scored for a shorthanded Nice side to level the game. Nice eventually secured the win in a penalty shootout, winning 5-3.

Nantes 4-0 Drancy JA

Behind a first half brace from Matthis Abline, Nantes was able to cruise to victory. Nathan Zézé and Mostafa Mohamed scored in the second half as Les Canaris took care of business on the road to advance to the Round of 32.

Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne 4-0 Montpellier

One upset that occurred in the Round of 64 was Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne defeating Montpellier on Saturday. The National 2 side opened the scoring in the 43rd minute to take a 1-0 lead over the Ligue 1 team, but the three goals in the second half allowed Le Puy Foot 43 Auvergne to secure the win.

Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 SC Feignies

Lyon found themselves in a tightly contested matchup against Feignies with OL opening the scoring in the 44th minute thanks to a goal from Saïd Benrahma. Les Gones added an insurance goal courtesy of a strike from Georges Mikautadze in the 88th minute, which proved crucial since Feignies scored in the second half stoppage time.

RC Strasbourg 3-0 RC Calais

After a scoreless first half, Strasbourg found their scoring boots in the second half with Andrey Santos opening the scoring in the 57th minute and Sékou Mara scoring a brace in a 16-minute span to defeat RC Calais 3-0.

Olympique de Marseille 4-0 AS Saint-Étienne

In a matchup between Ligue 1 clubs, OM cruised to victory with two goals in the first half and then another two in the final 45 minutes. Mason Greenwood and Adrien Rabiot found the back of the net in the first 45 minutes to give Marseille a 2-0 lead heading into halftime.

Luis Henrique and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg scored in the second half to give Marseille the 4-0 advantage and allow them to advance to the Round of 32.

Stade de Reims 3-1 Association Still-Mutzig

Gabriel Moscardo opened the scoring in the first half with Reims heading into halftime holding a 1-0 lead. Thomas Schall leveled the scoring in the second half as Still-Mutzig eyed an upset, but Reims added two goals courtesy of Mamadou Diakhon and Nhoa Sangui.

AS Monaco 4-1 L'Union Saint-Jean FC

Monaco recorded two first half goals thanks to Eliesse Ben Seghir and Vanderson. Jordan Teze made it 3-0 in the second half, but L'Union Saint-Jean FC did show fight as they scored to cut the deficit to 3-1, but George Ilenikhena scored in the stoppage time period as the contest ended 4-1.

USL Dunkerque 1-0 AJ Auxerre

The Ligue 2 side pulled off the upset win over the Ligue 1 team with Enzo Bardeli providing the lone goal in the contest to allow Dunkerque to advance to the next phase of the Coupe de France.

Angers SCO 1-0 Football Club 93 BBG

The Ligue 1 side edged out a tight win thanks to a goal from Esteban Lepaul in the 66th minute. It was all Angers needed to secure the victory over the National 2 and advance to the Round of 32.

Stade Rennais 4-1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux

Soufiane Bahassa opened the scoring for Bordeaux, who took the early lead in the 18th minute over Rennes. Despite conceding the first goal, SRFC scored four unanswered goals to secure the victory. The first goal came from Adrien Truffert in the first half and then in the final 45 minutes, Jordan James (59th minute), Lorenz Assignon (75th minute), and Arnaud Kalimuendo (79th minute) added to the goal tally.

Paris Saint-Germain 1-1 RC Lens (4-3 on penalties)

It was a scoreless first half between the two Ligue 1 teams, but in the final 45 minutes, Lens took the lead thanks to a goal from M'Bala Nzola. The advantage didn't last long as Gonçalo Ramos leveled the scoring 1-1 and the contest was decided in a penalty kick shootout with PSG prevailing 4-3.

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