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Recently recovered from a serious injury, French national team and club striker Djibrile Cisse is demonstrating excellent form - in the weekend French Cup tournament matches, the striker scored three goals and helped his team defeat the third division "Cambrail" club with a 4-1 result.
The 25-year-old striker scored a precise shot in the 18th minute to put his team ahead, and despite "Cambrail" player Bailleul equalizing in the 78th minute, Cisse scored two more goals in extra time to secure a victory for "Marseille," with Toifilou Maoulida confirming the crushing lead in the last minute of the match.
Meanwhile, "Rennes," a team in the first half of the "Ligue 1" table, finished the main match with the third division "Romorantin" club tied 1-1, but conceded two goals without responding in extra time and had to withdraw from further competition.
Another "Ligue 1" team also struggled against the lower division "Chatellerault" club, but after an 11-meter penalty shootout, managed to prove their superiority and advance to the next stage of the tournament.
The multiple-time French champion club also secured a victory, defeating their opponents "Bayonne" with a 2-1 result, while the struggling "Ligue 1" team in the capital city demolished the lower division "Nimes" 3-0 at home.
Advancing to the next stage were teams like and , who defeated their opponents from lower divisions with identical 2-0 results. Meanwhile, the unexpected winners of the meeting between two "Ligue 1" teams and took a decisive 3-1 victory.
Unlike "Toulouse," who had a less than ideal penalty shootout experience, a difficult time prevailed for the eleven - after a 2-2 draw in regular time with the second division "Niort" club, the "Ligue 1" team lost the penalty shootout.
Results:
"Ajaccio" 1 - 2 "Strasbourg" "Pont de Cheruy" 0 - 1 "Sedan" "Calais" 2 - 0 "Lorient" "Metz" 0 - 2 "Lille" "Nantes" 1 - 0 "Guingamp" "Bordeaux" 2 - 0 "Bastia" "Libourne/Saint-Seurin" 4 - 2 "Troyes" "Saint-Etienne" 1 - 3 "Sochaux" "Valenciennes" 2 - 1 "Caen" "Amiens" 3 - 0 "Grenoble" "Quevilly" 0 - 2 "Monaco" "Chatellerault" 1 - 1 "Toulouse" (after 11-meter penalty shootout 3-4) "Gueugnon" 3 - 1 "Louhans-Cuiseaux" "Montpellier" 4 - 1 "Saint-Lo" "Rennes" 1 - 3 "Romorantin" "US Orleans" 2 - 1 "Moulins" "Pontiv" 1 - 0 "La Vitreenne" "Pluvigner" 0 - 3 "Le Mans" "Lyon-la-Duchere" 1 - 0 "Entente" "Pont-de-Cheruy" 0 - 1 "CS Sedan Ardennes" "Ajaccio" 1 - 2 "Strasbourg" "Auxerre" 2 - 2 "Niort" (after 11-meter penalty shootout 4-5) "Cambrai" 1 - 4 "Marseille" "Nancy" 3 - 3 "Lens" (after 11-meter penalty shootout 8-9) "Feignies" 1 - 2 "Montceau" "Jarville" 1 - 0 "Amneville" "Palaiseau" 0 - 4 "Laon" "Boisguillaume" 0 - 1 "Chateaubriant" "Clermont" 3 - 1 "Dunkerque" "P.S.G" 3 - 0 "Nimes" "Bayonne" 1 - 2 "Lyon"
