Marseille have been dumped out of the French Cup within the quarter-finals in sensational vogue on Wednesday because the event favourites misplaced 7-6 on penalties at residence to second-division outsiders Annecy after a 2-2 draw on the Velodrome. Marseille have been strongly fancied to go all the best way and win the competitors after beating Paris Saint-Germain within the earlier spherical, however as a substitute they went out towards opponents who had by no means beforehand reached the quarter-finals. Jordan Veretout had Marseille in entrance at half-time after opening the scoring on his thirtieth birthday, however Annecy equalised early within the second half by means of younger Ivorian striker Moise Sahi.

Defender Kevin Mouanga then headed Annecy in entrance, and the house facet squandered an opportunity to equalise when Alexis Sanchez had a penalty saved, a spot-kick that had been awarded for handball following a VAR examine.

But Marseille, the 10-time French Cup winners, did equalise within the 96th minute when a cross by teenage substitute Francois Regis Mughe sailed into the web to the delight of the house followers.

With no further time earlier than the ultimate, that meant penalties, but it surely was Annecy, sitting in mid-table in Ligue 2, who prevailed in sudden dying when Marseille’s Leonardo Balerdi put the essential kick extensive.

“That was nice! This is the reason we do that job,” stated the Annecy coach, Laurent Guyot.

“I’m happy for the gamers, lots of whom are new to Ligue 2 and whose careers have been a bit chaotic. We are going to savour this on the bus residence.”

Annecy, who have been a regional league membership a decade in the past, now be part of three top-flight sides in Thursday’s draw for the semi-finals, with Lyon, Nantes and Toulouse already having progressed.

Holders Nantes stay on target to retain the trophy after beating Lens 2-1 earlier on Wednesday with Andy Delort scoring two penalties for the Canaries.

Toulouse outclassed second-division Rodez 6-1, whereas Lyon beat Ligue 2 facet Grenoble 2-1 on Tuesday as they hope to win their first silverware since final lifting the French Cup in 2012.

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