FC Rouen Continues Fairy Tale Run in Coupe de France, Stuns Monaco in Thrilling Match

The fairy tale continues for Rouen! And the National club did not steal its qualification against Monaco, which is exiting the Coupe de France through the back door. As against Toulouse, another resident of Ligue 1, the Normans needed penalties to pass, while they had to come up with the score during regulation time (1-1, 6-5 after the penalties ). They can thank their goalkeeper Léonard Aggoune, who made two saves during the session, notably in front of Magnes Akliouche to validate the ticket for the quarter-finals. We will now have to beat Valenciennes to reach the last four of the competition.

FC Rouen puffed out its chest again and, after Toulouse, defending champions, it was Monaco who paid the price. It is an understatement to say that the fifth in Ligue 1 did not hold his place in Normandy, copiously heckled by a team which wanted more than him. The Monegasques were also very happy to open the scoring thanks to a penalty obtained and converted by Folarin Balogun, following a foul by Léonard Aggoune (0-1, 35th). A few minutes earlier, it took a double miracle to avoid a goal from Rouen, when a shot from Damien Loppy was put on his post by Radoslaw Majecki and Mohammed Salisu saved a header from Mathieu Mion (23rd) on his line. . The danger was especially in Rouen this Thursday evening.

Rouen looked Monaco in the eye

Being ahead in the score, Monaco did extremely well considering the nature of the match. But Rouen ended up being logically rewarded for its efforts. Just before the break, a long free kick sent into the area punished too passive defense, allowing Valentin Sanson to give Clément Bassin a caviar (1-1, 45th + 5). Everything therefore had to be redone for the ASM, or rather to be done. But we did not witness the expected burst of pride. It’s quite the opposite: the Rouennais continued to play their luck bravely, again forcing Monaco to save on their line, after a recovery from Lamine Sy (56th). It was the best opportunity of the second period, once again to the National club’s credit. This says a lot about Monaco’s lackluster performance.

Adi Hütter’s men still had the opportunity to get through this round of 16 through a mouse hole, managing penalties better than their opponents. The hold-up almost took place, but Balogun would have had to convert his match point, while his goalkeeper had dived well against Mustapha Benzia to put Monaco in front. Unfortunately for Wissam Yen Yedder’s replacement, Aggoune, very disruptive, made a decisive save. He repeated the feat a few minutes later against Maghnes Akliouche to send Rouen to seventh heaven. Monaco, so irresistible just a few weeks ago, is seriously worrying.

2024-02-08 22:32:00
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