Holders Lille reluctantly relinquished their grip on the French Cup after going down 2-1 at local rivals Valenciennes in the last 16 at a wintry Stade du Hainaut on Wednesday.
Valenciennes's Vincent Aboubakar (C) celebrates after scoring a goal during their French Cup football match against Lille at the Hainaut stadium in Valenciennes, northern France. Lille reluctantly relinquished their grip on the French Cup after going down 2-1 at local rivals Valenciennes.
Lille had enjoyed the best of the first half but found themselves trailing in the 70th minute after Mathieu Dossevi stole in front of Nolan Roux to divert Dusan Djuric's left-wing free-kick past Lille goalkeeper Mickael Landreau.
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