Big mess and exclusion for the Marseille in the quarter-finals of the French Cup!
The Marseilles fell victim to a huge surprise in the “Velodrome” in front of thousands of their fans, knowing a painful defeat at home 7-6 on penalties by Anesi, after the 2-2 in regular time!
Home coach Igor Tudor, who used several of his key players, saw his side open the scoring in the 29th minute with a fine finish from Veretut following a quick counter-attack from the home side. In the 41st minute, Malinowski made it 2-0, with “lightning” of however to stop at horizontal beam.
The scene was completely different in the second half, with Annecy – a second division team – leveling the match with great energy and an even better finish Dion at 53′. In fact, the visitors, six minutes later, “froze” the “Velodrome”, with Mwanga beating everyone in the air for the complete upset!
In the 85th minute, Alexis Sanchez wasted a unique chance for 2-2, with the Chilean missing from eleven steps. The “redemption” for Marseille came in the last phase of the match with the lucky goal of Regis Moog, who, trying to take a cross from the right, sent the ball into the net with a high-hanging lob in the sixth minute of stoppage time!
Qualification was decided in… Russian Roulette with the Ligue 2 side winning 7-6, with Balerdi missing the last-ditch effort, sending the ball just wide of the opposition goalkeeper’s right-hand post, while the two teams had earlier lost from a penalty.
Source: Sport Fm
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