Coupe de la Ligue Wrap: Monaco, Montpellier bow out

Monaco and Montpellier suffered surprise exits in the third round of the Coupe de la Ligue on Wednesday.

Claudio Ranieri s side who lie second in Ligue 1 on goal difference fell to a 1-0 defeat at Reims.

Antoine Devaux scored the only goal of the game in the 34th minute and despite Monaco s best attempts at scoring an equaliser, Hubert Fournier s men held on to book their spot in the next round.

Montpellier who finished runners-up in 2011 crashed out to Ligue 1 strugglers Sochaux, who won a thrilling contest 3-2 after extra time.

Sanjin Prcic put Sochaux into a first-half lead, but the match required extra time thanks to Jonas Martin s 50th-minute penalty.

The match looked destined for penalties until Sebastien Corchia s goal in the 115th minute, and Roy Contout doubled Sochaux s lead with just a minute of extra time remaining.

And although Benjamin Stambouli managed a late goal for Montpellier, Sochaux held on for victory.

In Wednesday s other match, Evian came from behind to defeat Guingamp 2-1.

Guingamp who occupy fifth in Ligue 1 – took the lead thanks to Mustapha Yatabare s 25th-minute strike.

But they were shocked by Evian s second-half resurgence, as Modou Sougou and Cedric Cambon scored to book their place in the last 16.

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