Still without a fixed trainer, the ASNL offered a great outing to Benoit Pedretti who decided not to continue his interim. In the round of 16 of the Coupe de France Nancy suffered a lot this Sunday at Marcel Picot but qualified for the rest of the Coupe de France after a match that greatly defied logic.
1st half almost one way
The 1st alert of the match was Nancy, Mamadou Thiam sent a cross from the 1st minute, but it was necessary to take advantage of it because after Rennes monopolized possession. The Bretons with the ball at their feet, however, took a long time to find the right settings and it was even Neil El Aynaoui, who after a good recovery at 20m lit the first fuse with a beautiful deflected strike.
But a few minutes later, the Rennes striker Gaëtan Laborde was hanging in the surface by Kelvin Patrick. Penalty and big miss from the attacker Guirassy who propels the ball over the Nancy goal (28th). Rennes still creates a few chances and misses some sacred opportunities, especially by Guirassy, alone at 6m who sends the ball above (38th). And miraculously at the break, ASNL is 0-0 when there could have been 2 or 3-0.
Better in 2nd
With the entry of Biron from the second half, Nancy is a little better and suffers less. Yet at the 48th, Guirassy again, this time finds the post for Rennes. 10 minutes later (59th), the young Belgian striker Doku offers himself a slalom in a very passive Nancy defense and sends a nice shot, which ends at the bottom. Baptiste Valette gives in after having multiplied the parries.
But the ASNL will not give up, Benoit Pedretti brings in offensive forces (Triboulet, Bertrand, Simoes) and in the 77th minute, Nancy gets her 1st corner of the match! Following this set piece, Simoes sends a good cross to Bondo, alone at the 2nd post, who puts in the axis, Biron appears and scores with a header (78th).
Obviously at the end of the match, Rennes pushed forward, but ASNL held on to the shock to push the Ligue 1 club towards a improbable penalty shootout.
Valletta as a savior
The session starts well: Baptiste Valette starts on the right side and stops Laborde’s shot, but Biron finds the bar, equality. Baptiste Valette will stop 3 Rennes attempts. Opposite, the young Rennes goalkeeper Alemdar, did not have so much flair, but on the last shot on goal in Nancy, Simoes, the Lorraine striker has the qualification at the end of the foot and totally misses his attempt.
Tie again, the doubt arrives, but not for Baptiste Valette, still starting on the good side on the 6th test in Rennes, he puts his team back in a qualifying position. Delos does not tremble and scores the winning shot. ASNL has at least been able to afford a nice evening in a cup before plunging back into the difficulties of the championship on Monday in Toulouse.