Seventeenth in Ligue 2 and first relegation team, Rodez Aveyron created a sensation this Saturday at the Stade Louis-II, where they won superbly against the players of Paul Clement, who had fielded a very redesigned with Axel Disasi as the only essential holder.
After 37 minutes, ASM had however made the difference thanks to goals from Akliouche (1-0, 23rd), with a nice dry shot from the left, and Ben Yedder, who had passed behind Ouammou on a harmless strike from Jakobs to give the Monegasques a two-goal lead (2-0, 37′).
Abdennour, the former of the house, played a bad trick on ASM
An advantage that was not enough for the men of the Principality, joined in two stages by Rodez. Just before half-time, when Pembélé found Mendes’ header in the top corner (2-1, 42nd). Then at the end of the match, when Abdennour (a former ASM player) found himself alone in front of Didillon to shoot the second Monegasque goalkeeper (2-2).
Throughout the second period, opportunities followed one another on both sides, Monaco had balls 3-1 and 3-2 (Fofana above), Rodez also had a match point that Didillon pushed back at his feet of Depres.
Everything was therefore played in the penalty shootout, in which Rodez cracked the first (soft strike from Corredor) without AS Monaco taking advantage. Golovine sent a match point into the clouds on the fifth shot, and Magassa missed on the sixth, superbly released by Cibois. The qualifying ball was therefore between the feet of Pembélé, the player on loan from the PFC. Author of a very good match, he did not crack and qualified Rodez for the round of 16. In the 7th round, Rodez had qualified on penalties, eliminating Saint-Étienne.