The last of Ligue 2, AS Nancy has found a smile again at the start of the year. Led for the last time by Benoît Pedretti, who resigned, the Lorrainers played a terrible trick at Stade Rennais this Sunday afternoon by eliminating the Bretons in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France.
#ASNLSRFC It starts again strong! L’#ASNL eliminates Rennes on penalties thanks to a super @Valettebaptiste.
💡 @ NANCOMCY1, score partner
➡ https://t.co/PZfKs03Y0o pic.twitter.com/CvBf7qcAqx– AS Nancy-Lorraine (@asnlofficiel) January 2, 2022
At the end of a meeting largely dominated by the men of Bruno Genesio, the Nancy snatched their qualification during the penalty shoot-out (1-1, 4-3 in the tabs). On fire, their goalkeeper Baptiste Valette ensured the show by pushing back the attempts of Laborde, Tel and Badé before defender Shaquil Delos delivered his own.
Guirassy has harvested a lot of opportunities
For Stade Rennais, decimated by the absences linked to the Covid and the African Cup of Nations, the elimination hurts very badly as they dominated the debates. But their striker Sehrou Guirassy shone during the match with his clumsiness, harvesting countless chances. To unblock the situation, Stade Rennais finally relied on its Belgian winger Jérémy Doky who opened the scoring with a nice cross strike from the left (58th).
Guirassy came to the yard and to the RCK to apologize for his performance. I would like to point out that it is to his credit #ASNLSRFC
– Robindiou 🇪🇺 (@Loulayy) January 2, 2022
But by not succeeding in taking shelter, the Bretons were finally joined in the score on a goal from the head of Mickaël Bondo (78th) before going by the wayside. In the previous round, Nancy had already qualified on penalties in Troyes (L1) after finishing the match at eight.