A team from Martinique face a painful 4,000-mile journey home after crashing 12-0 at Ligue 1 side Lille in the Coupe de France on Saturday.
Golden Lion qualified for the tournament as reigning champions of the Caribbean nation, and were handed a daunting away trip to the six-time winners.
They were 7-0 down at half-time and mustered a single shot in comparison to 37 for the hosts, for whom Jonathan David and Edon Zhegrova helped themselves to hat-tricks.
๐๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐จ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐-๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ pic.twitter.com/T0K9oi9JIB
โ LOSC (@losclive) January 6, 2024
The Coupe de France has been open to representatives of French departments and territories since the mid-1960s, and one-sided results are nothing new.
Golden Lion can seek solace in the fact that they performed better โ and faced a shorter round trip โ than French Guiana side CSC Cayenne, who were thumped 14-0 at Paris FC in 2021.
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