Toulouse edge Marseille on penalties to reach Coupe de France semis, Nice also through

[p]A remarkable start saw [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/marseille/SblU3Hee/"]Marseille[/a] given a penalty inside the first minute, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nicolaisen-rasmus/4vagAHJd/"]Rasmus Nicolaisen[/a] fouled [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/greenwood-mason/hxe108Jl/"]Mason Greenwood[/a] in the box.[/p][p][b]The latter stepped up and found the bottom corner beyond [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haug-kjetil/2ib9GcWa/"]Kjetil Haug[/a]’s reach for his sixth goal of the tournament. [/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toulouse/MLmY2yB1/"]Toulouse[/a] responded well, though, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gboho-yann/25Lm5dfs/"]Yann Gboho[/a]’s header looped just over, before they found the equaliser minutes later.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cresswell-charlie/Gh4c98Hd/"]Charlie Cresswell[/a]’s header from a corner was parried by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rulli-geronimo/rcbM0Dd8/"]Geronimo Rulli[/a] but only into Gboho’s path, and he made no mistake this time as he tapped home. [/b][/p][p]Marseille came closest to scoring again before half-time with two brilliant first-time efforts from distance - the first from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vermeeren-arthur/tzhSwObR/"]Arthur Vermeeren[/a] as he rattled the crossbar - before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/abdelli-himad/tIm0BT62/"]Himad Abdelli[/a]’s strike was tipped over by Haug.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="4171e85f-9a1d-43f4-bc61-c39f0e7cc917" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="03b4e082-f598-4442-9f95-72252cb7d37a" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]Toulouse almost turned the tie around early in the second half, as Rulli made a superb double save. First denying [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/emersonn/48J66oWK/"]Emersonn[/a], then from the resulting corner, the goalkeeper parried away Nicolaisen’s header.[/p][p][b]However, it was Marseille who retook the lead with a slice of luck as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kondogbia-geoffrey/nZs03zT2/"]Geoffrey Kondogbia[/a] fed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paixao-igor/EuBBEVVq/"]Igor Paixao[/a], who crossed into the box only for the ball to miss everyone and go in off the far post. [/b][/p][p]The visitors were not disheartened, though, and equalised quickly again from a corner.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/donnum-aron/d2T8jid4/"]Aron Donnum[/a]’s wicked delivery found Cresswell, who once more got first contact and this time headed into the net.[/b][/p][p]Toulouse seemed content with holding on for penalties in the latter stages as Marseille pushed for a winner, with Greenwood in particular leading the charge. He sent a couple of attempts wide of the post, though, and so the tie would be decided by a shootout.[/p][embed guid="d80eece5-3007-48dd-84fd-9cde9cda89be" url="https://x.com/ToulouseFC/status/2029322296192635255" social-type="twitter" /][p]Toulouse went first through Donnum, who slotted calmly past Rulli, before Greenwood levelled proceedings with his second penalty of the night. Gboho then netted again for the visitors, before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aubameyang-pierre-emerick/Wl4EyKZk/"]Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang[/a] levelled for Marseille again. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sidibe-djibril/EJYoIGzl/"]Djibril Sidibe[/a] kept up the perfect run of penalties before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/balerdi-leonardo/OYrb8EBS/"]Leonardo Balerdi[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/casseres-cristian/4UatnyW3/"]Cristian Casseres[/a] Jr. both missed.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aguerd-naif/zsQh7xdD/"]Nayef Aguerd[/a] capitalised with a re-taken spot-kick before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/demba-pape/YgQd2IS7/"]Pape Demba Diop[/a] made no mistake with the next penalty to apply pressure on Marseille loanee [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nwaneri-ethan/lxyovn2o/"]Ethan Nwaneri[/a], who blazed over to send Toulouse through, as the hosts lost out on what would have been a first semi-final appearance since 2015/16.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cresswell-charlie/Gh4c98Hd/"]Charlie Cresswell[/a] [/b](Toulouse)[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/marseille-SblU3Hee/toulouse-MLmY2yB1/?mid=S4U829p9"]Check out the match summary here.[/a][/b][/p][image alt="Toulouse edged Marseille on penalties" id="a4fd83ed-0eb1-4195-9e6d-9da829f8fb15" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="aa457a6d-9cda-487a-90c1-809aaecf0a3d" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][h2]Nice also through after penalties[/h2][p]Struggling Ligue 1 outfit [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nice/YagoQJpq/"]Nice[/a] also progresses to the semi-finals on Wednesday after edging [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lorient/jgNAYRGi/"]Lorient[/a] 6-5 on penalties after their quarter-final ended goalless.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/lorient-jgNAYRGi/nice-YagoQJpq/report/?mid=ELSG0mFL"]Read a full match report from that match here.[/a][/b][/p][embed guid="000c0afd-01ed-4506-bf27-8247ab7046a8" url="https://x.com/ogcnice_eng/status/2029317779992559693" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/strasbourg/nP6UzIU1/"]Strasbourg[/a] advanced to the final four on Tuesday, while the last quarter-final will be played between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lyon/2akflumR/"]Lyon[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Lens[/a] on Thursday.[/p]