In the early morning of January 30, Beijing time, a match in the Round of 16 of the French Cup, the team from the fourth division of the league Versailles away to challenge The Ligue 2 leader Toulouse. As a result, after 90 minutes, Versailles overthrew Toulouse 1-0 away and advanced to the quarterfinals, which was an absolute upset game in the early morning.
After a 4-0 victory over Laroche in the last round, Versailles reached the round of 16 of the French Cup for the first time in its history. After creating new results, the French Football Association also invited all the Falsai to visit the national team's exclusive Klefontaine training ground, knowing that this is a valuable learning opportunity for Versailles players who are only amateur teams.
In the final eight draw, Falsay met Toulouse from Ligue 2, the first professional team the former had encountered in this cup. For this result, the manager of Falsay also spoke very Much Versailles, saying that in the ideal situation, he would prefer to run into Greater Paris or Marseille.
As with the FA Cup, lower-level teams often prefer to meet the absolute supremacy of the top league when drawing lots, after all, this may be a rare learning opportunity for club players. For Falsei, who are only amateurs, they are one step closer to playing the big Paris after they qualify in the early morning.
In the early morning of the toulouse game, Versailles is definitely not a dead end. Just four minutes into the game, they had a good one-handed chance, but Ibay didn't score the ball. In the 21st minute of the game, an important time on the pitch, Toulouse defender Mwueilu was sent off with a red card for a reckless tackle foul, which gave the away Versailles the opportunity to play one more person.
Throughout the game, Versailles tied the ball with their opponents, and the shots led the opponent 6-3. The winning goal of the match came in the 79th minute, when the Versailles player crossed from the right and the enveloping Joko grabbed the point and pushed the goal to score the only goal of the game.
In the final moments of the game, although Versailles player Vieira was also shown a red card for a foul, this could not change the final promotion situation. At the end of the match, Falsei eliminated Ligue 2 leader Toulouse 1-0 and continued to refresh his results in the cup. After successfully winning the game, the players of Versailles celebrated wildly, after all, the joy after such a victory is no less than winning the championship.
In fact, according to the rules of the French Cup, the knockout matches should be arranged at the home of lower-level teams. But the Versailles home stadium was forced to travel to torrus' home stadium for the game due to a lack of lighting. From this, it can be seen that the preparation environment of Falsei is actually very difficult, but they have still completed incredible miracles.