In a day of Coupe de France, action-packed with giant killings – Ligue 2 Rodez coming back from a two-goal deficit to beat Monaco, and Nice falling to a team from the third tier – Rodez came out on top. At Le Puy-en-Velay, Strasbourg Koenigshoffer created headlines when they defeated Clermont, despite the fact that there is a five-division disparity between the two teams. Before prevailing in the penalty shootout, the club playing in the sixth division held the team playing in the top division scoreless.
Ligue 2 Rodez coming back from a two-goal deficit to beat Monaco
The Ligue 1 side of Strasbourg’s neighbors was eliminated from the competition by Angers the day before, so the Régional one side is the only team from Strasbourg still alive in the competition. A persistent effort on the defensive end would be enough to stave off all of the threats coming from an Auvergne team who had just won a league match against Lyon. According to a report that appeared in this morning’s issue of Téléfoot, the players of the lower league side watched a video of Kylian Mbappé before walking out onto the pitch. The comments of the World Cup’s leading scorer allegedly had the desired impact on the club’s coaching staff.
