Bastia beat Moco to reach French League Cup fil

Paris, Feb 5: Bastia ended Moco’s 13–match unbeaten run through a 7–6 win on pelties, setting up a League Cup fil with title holders Paris Saint–Germain. The teams were locked at 0–0 after extra time in Wednesday’s match and veteran Sebastien Squillaci, a former Moco player, ensured his team travels to the Stade de France for the fil against PSG by scoring the fil pelty in a thrilling shootout.

Squilacci sealed the Corsican club’s victory by beating Moco keeper Maarten Stekelenburg after bil Dirar fired his shot onto the crossbar. PSG advanced to the April 11 fil with a 1–0 win over Lille on Tuesday. Although Moco coach Leordo Jardim started with forwards Dimitar Berbatov, Valere Germain and Anthony Martial, the hosts struggled to create chances. Spurred on by about 4,000 buoyant traveling fans, Areola was decisive again during the shootout, tipping away Moutinho’s pelty on to the post when the Portuguese player had the chance to send Moco through. IANS