Coupe de France Re cap: Traore hits four and sees red as new bosses make winning starts

Lacina Traore scored four times and was sent off for
Monaco in the Coupe de France as Pascal Baills and
Bruno Genesio made winning starts.

Pascal Baills and Bruno Genesio enjoyed positive starts to their
spells with Montpellier and Lyon, presiding over Coupe de
France victories against Epernay and Limoges respectively on
Sunday.

Baills was confirmed as Rolland Courbis' replacement before the
turn of the year while Lyon's former assistant Genesio was also
appointed as Hubert Fournier's replacement during the winter
break.

And both moved into the last 32 on Sunday against fifth-tier
opponents, although Lyon enjoyed a much more routine
examination during their 7-0 success at the Complexe Sportif
Michel Amand - Maxwell Cornet and Rachid Ghezzal scoring
twice each.

Montpellier needed just a Mustapha Yatabare goal to ensure
their narrow success in Epernay - the four-time champions
joining Monaco in the next round after a resounding 10-2 win
over seventh-tier amateur opponents Saint-Jean Beaulieu.

Lacina Traore was in the thick of things for Monaco against
their near-neighbours as the Ivorian scored four times before
being dismissed along with opponent Yann Mariotti for an
apparent exchange at half-time.

"[Lacina] told the other player: 'Shut your mouth.' I'll be very
interested to know the justification from the referee," Monaco
boss Leonardo Jardim said afterwards.

Even after Traore's exit, Leonardo Jardim's men proved a cut
above - Fabinho scoring a brace from the spot - while holders
Paris Saint-Germain edged past Wasquehal 1-0.

The Championnat de France Amateur side fought hard but were
undone by Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a 1-0 defeat, while PSG's top-
tier rivals Saint-Etienne were taken all the way by fifth-tier Raon
l'Etape.

Christophe Galtier's men sit sixth in Ligue 1 and led through
Neal Maupay after 21 minutes before Jonathan Clauss struck
just before the hour to send the game to extra time and later
penalties.

Saint-Etienne failed to convert two of their first three spot-kicks
but made the most of three missed penalties from their hosts to
squeeze through along with Marseille, who also needed
penalties to get past Caen after 120 goalless minutes.

Bordeaux were given a stern test in their 3-2 win at Frejus St-
Raphael - Diego Rolan getting the winner after 90 minutes -
while Ligue 2's Evian needed extra time to pull clear of fifth-
tier Annecy at the Parc des Sports -as Seydou Keita's second of
the day and further goals from Gustavo Campanharo
and Ibrahim Toure ended hopes of an upset.

There were contrasting fortunes for two other CFA 2 sides as
Lorient ended Tours' hopes in extra time with a 3-2 win, while
Sarreguemines sprung a surprise to see off Valenciennes - El
Hassane M'Barki's early strike enough to earn progression.

Ligue 1 Guingamp - winners in 2014 - beat Chantilly 4-0 thanks
to four second-half goals while Tallo Gadji's penalty before the
break earned Lille a 1-0 win at Amiens.

Trelissac ran out 2-0 winners at Muret, Bourg en Bresse avoided
an upset with a 3-1 win against fourth-tier Mulhouse and
Boulogne held their nerve in the penalty shootout against Saint-
Omer, while Julien Toudic's late winner helped Ligue 2 Ajaccio
to a 1-0 win against amateur side Volvic.