French Cup review

Rouen cause Cup shock

January 5, 2013
Ajaccio were dumped out of the Coupe de France on penalties by third-tier Rouen.

Ajaccio needed an 88th-minute equaliser from Wilfried Zahibo simply to force extra-time, Rouen having led after Zahir Zerdab won and hammered home a 63rd-minute free-kick. But Rouen won 3-2 on penalties, Theo Defourny with the decisive save from David Gigliotti after Julien Jahier scored Rouen's fifth penalty.

Evian almost suffered the same fate, only edging past fourth-tier Amiens on spot-kicks ...

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