Coupe de la Ligue Wrap: Nantes stage recovery

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Nantes came from two goals down to seal a 4-2 extra-time victory over Metz in the last 16 of the Coupe de la Ligue on Tuesday.

Following a quiet first half, Juan Falcon opened the scoring with a curling free-kick on the hour-mark, before Cheick Doukoure powered home a second two minutes later.

Oswaldo Vizcarrondo met a corner at the back post to reduce the deficit with a header in the 71st minute, and Remi Gomis looked as though he would draw Nantes level when he pulled the trigger inside the penalty area nine minutes from time.

The match became a fiery encounter thereafter, but it was Nantes who drew first blood in additional time  - Johan Audel sending a low drive beyond goalkeeper Anthony Mfa Mezui from the centre of the penalty area.

Metz had a penalty shout turned down four minutes from time, and Ismael Bangoura's sublime lob from outside the penalty area two minutes from the end put the game to bed.

In the day's other last-16 clash, Benjamin Mokulu scored an extra-time winner to earn Bastia a 3-2 win over Caen.

Guillaume Gillet's thunderbolt three minutes before the break restored parity, but Jose Saez appeared to have snatched the win for the visitors when he found the net from similar distance 18 minutes from time.

Famoussa Kone sent the home fans into raptures with a driven effort in the 89th minute to take the match to extra time, and Mokulu scrambled the ball over the line with eight minutes to go.