Rouen takes the title holder, a new feat for Sochaux… What to remember from Sunday’s round of 16

By winning their respective penalty shootouts, Sochaux and Rouen created a surprise against Reims and Toulouse on Sunday.

We know almost all the qualifiers for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. Like Paris Saint-Germain on the Orléans pitch the day before, three Ligue 1 clubs advanced to the next round, Sunday January 21. They will be joined by the winner of the poster between Stade Rennes and Olympique de Marseille (9:05 p.m.) and possibly by Montpellier, opposed to the fans of Feignies-Aulnoye on Wednesday, due to the postponement of the match due to snow.

Reims and Toulouse on the mat

The title holder stops there. Toulouse was trapped by FC Rouen (3-3, 12-11 tab), at the end of an unbearable penalty shootout, where the 22 players converted their attempts. As a new rotation of shooters began, Violet Gabriel Suazo sent his shot onto the Rouen post, allowing Abdeljalil Sahloune to send his team to eighth grade, but above all to seventh heaven.

At the same time, Sochaux once again brought down an elite team. After Lorient in the 32nd finals, Reims lost on penalties in a Bonal stadium incandescent (2-2, 5-4 tab). The locals also held their success in regulation time, until Emmanuel Agbadou offered the Champenois a reprieve with a double. During the session, Mathieu Patouillet, young goalkeeper from Olympique Lyonnais on loan in the East, stopped Joseph Okumu’s attempt to advance his team to the next round.

The feat of Saint-Priest

A Little Thumb who has grown up. We saw their crestfallen expressions after the previous draw, disappointed to face Romorantin (N2) rather than an elite team. But the Saint-Priest players, residents of National 3, will have a new opportunity to thrill after having outclassed their hierarchical superiors (4-1).

ASSP broke away before the break thanks to a free kick from Morgan Pottier, then logically took off in front of their home crowd. Having already been campaigning for four months in this Coupe de France, the team from the Lyon suburbs will compete in the first round of 16 in its history. A breath of fresh air for this club relegated to the fifth level at the end of last season.

It goes smoothly for Strasbourg, Lille and Le Havre

In a duel between Ligue 1 teams, Strasbourg did not travel to Clermont for nothing (3-1). On the attack and dominant from the start, Racing broke the opposition’s barrier at the half-hour mark by Abakar Sylla, while the neophyte goalkeeper, Théo Borne, had delayed the deadline. Mouhamadou Diarra and Dilane Bakwa were responsible for worsening the score. Like last year, the Auvergnats come out against an Alsatian team, but this time, it is not a D6.

For its part, Losc played weakly but that was enough against a playful Racing Club de France (1-0). After a 12-0 defeat against Martinique’s Golden Lion in the round of 32, the Northerners were content with a goal scored on a perfectly placed free kick by Icelander Hakon Haraldson. A victory by the same score also allowed Le Havre to eliminate Châteauroux (N1).