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FC Metz eliminated from Coupe de France by sixth-division side

Sixth Ligue 2 club to fall in the 7th round, FC Metz lost 1-0 to SR Saint-Dié Kellermann, a Régionale 1 side, on a goal from Mouhamed Koné in the 80th minute.

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FC Metz eliminated from Coupe de France by sixth-division side
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FC Metz has been eliminated from the Coupe de France in the 7th round, beaten 1-0 by SR Saint-Dié Kellermann, a Régionale 1 club (sixth division), on Sunday afternoon. A goal from Mouhamed Koné in the 80th minute was enough to topple the Metz side, who were unable to find the back of the net.

The Messins were without six international players as well as Giorgi Abuashvili, who is injured, due to the international break. These absences do not, however, explain everything: Metz becomes the sixth Ligue 2 club to fall to a lower-level side in this round, after Dijon, Dunkerque, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Rodez and Guingamp. A third of second-division clubs have therefore failed to clear this hurdle.

Meanwhile, FC Nantes delivered a very different performance, crushing Stade Castelbourgeois, also in Régionale 1, 9-1. Wilitty Younoussa scored a hat-trick, Antoine Joujou a brace, while Louis Leroux, Killian Corredor, Ryad Hachem and Ignatius Ganago completed the Canaries’ tally. Nantes will face FC Nueillaubiers, another sixth-division club, in the next round.

Red Star won the Île-de-France derby against Paris 13 Atletico (2-0) at Charléty, thanks to goals from Jovany Ikanga and Bradley Danger. Stade Lavallois qualified away at Saint-Renan, in Finistère, 2-1, with goals from Chafik Gourichy and Julien Maggiotti.

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