The heroes of the Coupe de France come from the East this year. After Belfort, winner of Montpellier Tuesday (0-0, 5-4 tabs), Epinal achieved the other feat of these knockout stages of the Coupe de France by eliminating Lille (2-1) in front of his supporters on Wednesday. There will therefore be two National 2 clubs, among the last eight teams involved in the event. But for the Vosges, the case did not start well at first.
Faced with a Lille coming with a team not far from his eleven type, Epinal gave in quickly on a face-to-face with the goalkeeper perfectly executed by Loïc Rémy (0-1, 8th), preferred to the usual scorer Victor Osimhen kicks off. But, then, the Northerners did not stop backing down and the men trained by Xavier Collin multiplied the offensives. Until overturning the Losc in the second half.
EPINAL EQUALIZES IN FRONT OF LILLE (and with the way) 😱 #SASLOSC
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In seven minutes, Epinal scored two goals for the vice-champion of France. The hero, since there is only one, is called Jean-Philippe Krasso. The Lorient-trained forward has adjusted Mike Maignan twice. First from the left after playing with Lille defender Gabriel (1-1, 54th). Then head upwards to take a free kick (61st, 2-1).
Even with the entries of Renato Sanches and Victor Osimhen, the Ligue 1 club could never catch up. Epinal howls his joy at seeing the quarterfinals. And will know his opponent this Thursday evening, after a night celebrating his men.
