The two teams of the championship of France have been eliminated in the Coupe de France, they have taken advantage of this weekend cup to play a game late counting for the 12th day of D1. A victory for Bordeaux on the Albi lawn obtained after extra time thanks to a goal from Juliane Gathrat.


With this victory, the Girondines de Bordeaux return to three points of Paris FC, held in check in Lille during a game also late, and will be able to mingle in the fight for fourth place at the end of the championship. A rather paradoxical situation since Bordeaux is not assured of maintenance, even if the players of Gironde now have 7 points ahead of the first relegation, Rodez.


The Bordelaises dominate first, but the successive strikes of Rose Lavaud or Lindsey Thomas go out of the frame. Then, Albi will start to get closer to the goal of Erin Nayler but the door New Zealand watch the grain and prevails in the air. The match is balanced and neither team will find the fault, except Bordeaux, but the goal is denied for an offside. Finally, Gabrielle Lambert performs a crucial parade in the 90th minute against Sophie Istillart. But, that will not be enough to assure the Albigensians the point of the draw since at the end of the extra time Juliane Gathrat will be able to score. Points lost in this race maintenance, where Albi sees the LOSC pick up.