5th-division Chambery upsets Brest in French Cup

PARIS (AP): Fifth-division side Chambery beat Brest 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the second round of the French Cup on Saturday.

Brest looked set for victory when midfielder Bruno Grougi scored early in the second half of extra time, but with three minutes to go striker Malick Faye equalized for Chambery with his sixth goal of the Cup campaign.

"We thought we had done the hard work when we took the lead late on," Brest coach Alex Dupont said. "After that, penalty kicks are a lottery. It's disappointing for us."

Faye scored his other five goals as Chambery progressed through the qualification rounds, before knocking Monaco out - also on penalty kicks - in a first round which featured a record amount of upsets.

"Our wish is to face another team from the first division so the players get a taste of what it's like to play in a big stadium," Chambery coach David Guion said.

Larsen Toure and Omar Daf missed their kicks for Brest, while striker Aissa Yahia-Bey missed for the home side. Bordeaux joined the list of first-division teams eliminated, losing 1-0 away to second-division strugglers Angers.

Second-division Boulogne-sur-Mer lost 1-0 at home to fourth-division Drancy in another upset.

In the French first division, midfielder Adil Hermach and striker Toifilou Maoulida each scored as Lens beat Caen 2-0 at home to move out of the relegation zone, while defeat plunged Caen into the bottom three.

Caen cleared Maoulida's shot and it fell to Hermach, who volleyed the ball in from 20 meters out in the 20th minute.

Maoulida added the second goal 10 minutes into the second half when he chested down Gregory Certic's pass and beat goalkeeper Alexis Thebaux with the outside of his right foot.

It was only the fifth win this season for Lens, and the first time it has won consecutive games after last week's 2-1 home win over Saint-Etienne.