Deprived of several holders called in various selections, Paris FC knew that the trip to the Ardennes, on the ground of Sedan, 7th in the National, would not be a part of pleasure.
Parisian fears have been confirmed, since Laurey's players, led 1-0, then 2-1, spent the afternoon chasing after the score.
But they equalized twice, thanks to Check Oumar Diakité (27th, 1-1) and Warren Caddy (76th, 2-2) before snatching the decision during the penalty shootout, on a clear round of their five shooters - Siby, Caddy, Bernauer, Diaby-Fadiga and Laura.
Ousmane Kanté having been called up by Guinea and Ousmane Camara by the U19s, Paris FC was deprived of its central hinge, Campanini and Hanin providing the interim.
The only survivor in defense, Chergui was placed on the left, Bernauer taking care of the right lane.
As they feared, the Parisians quickly sinned in defense.
A lost ball in the middle of the field resulted in the opening of the Sedan score, with a beautiful strike from the left curled by Colin (1-0, 12th).
Fortunately for them, the Sedanese were also inclined to some largesse.
Thus, Diakité - returned on time for U20 selection -, exploiting the awkwardness of an Ardennes defender, he equalized without delay, with a stung ball (1-1, 27th).
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- Paris FC (@ParisFC) November 14, 2021
Despite good intentions and some interesting situations, the Blues were not at the end of their sentences, however.
After the break, while they carried the danger on the Ardennes goal, they were surprised by a Sedan counter-attack, nicely concluded by Géran (2-1, 52nd).
Entered during the game, Caddy put the two teams equal, chaining a control, a touch of the ball from the knee and a cross strike with the left foot in the opponent's area (2-2, 76th).
In anticipation of the shootout, Laurey had no need to designate the shooters, the volunteers spontaneously designating themselves.
"We take the frame and we press the strikes", will give as only instruction the coach, picked up by the microphone of France 3 and widely followed by his players.
"It was a crazy game," said Parisian defender Florent Hanin.
We knew we would have a difficult match against a National team (3rd level).
They played well and we must congratulate them for that.
(We hope) to pass a few laps and we'll see.
The Cup is a bit of magic, you never know. ”
The main Ile-de-France clubs qualified for the 8th round:
Esquelbecq (R2) -
RED STAR (Nat.) 1-3
LINAS-MONTLHERY (N3)
- Dunkirk (L2) 1-0
Molsheim-Ernolsheim (R2) -
CRETEIL (Nat.) 1-1, tab 1-4
Nanterre -
CHATOU (R1)
: 2-3