Seven Ligue 1 sides crashed out of the French Cup in a day of shocks on Saturday.
Ligue 1 sides tumble out of cup at last-64 stage
Seven Ligue 1 sides crashed out of the French Cup in a day of shocks on Saturday.
Amateur sides Chambery and Wasquehal pulled off the biggest shocks at the last 64-stage, beating Monaco and Auxerre, while St Etienne, Valenciennes, Lens, Montpellier and Arles also lost.
Remy Sahinovic was the hero as fifth division
Chambery knocked out
Monaco 3-2 on penalties, while Gregoire Debuchy and David Coulibaly helped
Wasquehal beat
Auxerre 2-1.
Sahinovic netted the decisive penalty in a tense shootout after the game had ended in a 1-1 draw, with Chris Malonga cancelling out Thomas Dubard's surprise fifth minute opener.
Fifth-tier side Wasquehal came from behind to beat Auxerre, who played in the UEFA Champions League this season.
The Ligue 1 side looked to be heading for a routine win after Adama Coulibaly opened the scoring in the 12th minute but the hosts hit back with 10 minutes left through Debuchy before Coulibaly converted a penalty two minutes from time.
Giant-killing
Four second division sides - Angers, Clermont Foot, Reims and Sedans - also carried out giant-killings.
Angers claimed the 2-1 extra-time scalp of
Valenciennes, who finished the game with nine men.
The Ligue 1 side were reduced to 10 men two minutes before the interval when Gaetan Bong was sent off.
But they took the lead on 58 minutes when Karim Djellabi put the ball in his own net before Gaetan Charbonnier equalised to send the tie into extra-time.
Claudiu Keseru scored the decisive goal after 105 minutes, with the visitors' night then getting worse when Vincent Aboubaker was sent off with a minute remaining.
Clermont Foot beat
St Etienne thanks to goals in either half from Sloan Privat and Nicolas Haquin, while a late Romain Amalfitano effort saw
Reims earn a narrow 1-0 victory over
Montpellier.
Sedan beat Ligue 1's bottom side
Arles 4-2 on penalties after Nicolas Fauvergue equalised Kamel Ghilas' opener in extra-time.
Third division
Rouen also looked to be pulling off a shock at
Bordeaux when Michel Rodriguez gave the visitors a sixth minute lead.
But Anthony Modeste replied on the half-hour mark and Cheick Diabete hit a second-half brace to ease the hosts through.
Nice avoided an embarrassing defeat at third division
Creteil when keeper Lionel Letizi helped them to a 6-5 penalty shootout victory following a 1-1 draw.
Lille through
League leaders
Lille easily beat
Forbach 3-0 thanks to a 36th minute Pierre-Alain Frau opener and second-half goals from Aurelien Chedjou and Gervinho.
Pape Diakhate was on target as
Lyon overcame
Caen, while Ideye Brown netted a late winner as
Sochaux also claimed an away victory at
Jarville.
Guillaume Hoarau notched a brace as Ligue 1 high-fliers
Paris St Germain beat top-flight strugglers
Lens 5-1.
Patrick Leugueun gave Ligue 2 side
Vannes an early lead at
Lorient before the hosts replied via James Fanchone, Lynel Kitambala, Sigamary Diarra and Francis Coquelin to seal an easy win.
There was also a shock in the cup on Friday as
Toulouse slumped to a 2-1 home reverse to third tier
Paris FC, meaning eight Ligue 1 teams in total are now already out of the competition.
