<figure id="attachment_3275075" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3275075" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3275075" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/9b25a210-lens-1.jpg" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3275075" class="wp-caption-text">Lens players celebrate after the final whistle in their French Cup quarter-final win against Troyes at Stade de l’Aube. (Racing club de Lens pic)</figcaption></figure>
PARIS: Lens reached the quarter-finals of the French Cup on Wednesday courtesy of a 4-2 win over Troyes, while an Endrick-inspired Lyon fought past second-division Laval.
Goals by Florian Sotoca and Andrija Bulatovic, as well as a Abdallah Sima brace, saw surprise Ligue 1 title contenders Lens through their last-16 tie.
Martin Adeline had levelled before half-time for second flight leaders Troyes before three goals in eight minutes early in the second period put Pierre Sage&#8217;s side firmly in charge.
At home to Ligue 2 strugglers Laval, Lyon struggled to break down their opponents until a moment of individual excellence by Real Madrid loanee Endrick.
Following a surging run from midfielder Pavel Sulc, the 19-year-old Brazilian burst through a challenge before unleashing a rasping drive from the edge of the box to open the scoring in the 80th minute.
It was Endrick&#8217;s fifth goal in as many outings for Lyon since arriving from the Santiago Bernabeu in late December.
Lyon wrapped up their 11th consecutive victory in all competitions when Laval &#8216;keeper Maxime Hautbois inadvertently turned Afonso Moreira&#8217;s effort into his own net late in added time.
Struggling Nice pulled off a remarkable comeback in their last-16 tie against Montpellier to win 3-2.
The hosts found themselves trailing 2-0 midway through the second half before Kail Boudache halved the deficit with 18 minutes remaining on the clock.
Antoine Mendy netted on 89 minutes and looked to have forced extra-time, until Sofiane Diop shaped a fine curling effort beyond Montpellier goalkeeper Mathieu Michel seven minutes into injury time.
Lorient saw off fellow Ligue 1 outfit Paris FC with a 2-0 win thanks to a second-half goal by Noah Cadiou and a late Moustapha Mbow own goal.
Toulouse beat Ligue 2 Amiens 1-0 with Yann Gboho netting the winner six minutes before the interval.

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Lens cruise into French Cup quarters, Endrick sends Lyon through

Lens, Ligue 1’s surprise title contenders, advance to the last-16 with a 4‑2 win over second-tier leaders Troyes.

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