Auxerre driven out of League Cup by Vannes, Lyon make a Metz of thingsSeven times French champions Lyon and former French champions Auxerre were the biggest top division casualties of the French League Cup round of 16 matches on Tuesday as they lost 3-1 and 2-0 to Second Division sides Metz and Vannes respectively. Auxerre - who have won just one of their previous seven matches in all competitions - followed fellow First Division side Valenciennes in becoming scalps for Vannes, who were tasting welcome revenge for two previous French Cup defeats - both by Auxerre. Vannes - unbeaten at home this season - will now face Metz in the quarter-finals. Metz, who are fourth in the Second Division, took full advantage of a Lyon side that rested several of their stars including defenders Jean-Alain Boumsong Jean-Alain Boumsong (born December 14, 1979, in Douala, Cameroon) is a professional football defender who currently plays for Juventus and the French national team. Biography He started his career with French team Le Havre before joining AJ Auxerre and Anthony Reveillere and French internationals Jeremy Toulalan and Karim Benzema Karim Benzema (Arabic: كريم بن زيما) (born 19 December, 1987) is a French footballer of Algerian kabyle descent [1] who plays in a forward role for Olympique Lyonnais. . Metz opened the scoring in the 21st minute through a header (1) In a disk or tape file, a set of data that resides permanently at the beginning. It may be used for identification only (type of file, date of last update, etc.), or it may describe the structural layout of the contents, as is common with many document and database formats. by Victor Mendy from a cross by Sebastien Renouard and then the former returned the favour by setting up the latter before half-time. Lyon reduced the deficit shortly after the break with a header by Brazilian defender Cris from a Kim Kallstrom corner, but it was game over in the 66th minute as Romain Rocchi Renaud Connen (born October 2, 1981 in Cavaillon) is a French football midfielder currently playing for AC Ajaccio in the French Ligue 2. External links
In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the Remy Vercoutre following a poor back pass by Cameroon international Jean II Makoun. The other First Division outfit to lose to lower league opposition on Tuesday were predictably struggling Sochaux, who went down 1-0 to Second Division Lens, for whom defender Ala ALA aminolevulinic acid. Ala alanine. ala (a´lah) pl. a´lae [L.] a winglike process. Eddine Yahia scored the decisive goal with a header in the 109th minute. Wednesday features the last two matches with the feature that of French giants Paris Saint Germain hosting Nancy. 
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