Morientes treble sinks Lyon
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Article summary
Fernando Morientes struck a hat-trick as AS Monaco FC beat Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 in the French Cup.
Article body
Elber opener
Lyon, beaten 3-0 in a Ligue 1 game in the principality a month before, had the ideal start, opening the scoring through Elber in the 14th minute.
Two headers
Morientes equalised in the dying seconds of the first half, however, and added two more goals after the break, headers in the 58th and 61st minutes. Croatia's Dado Pršo wrapped up the game with a fourth goal in the 86th minute.
Moldovan double
In the day's other ties involving Ligue 1 clubs, Romanian Viorel Moldovan scored twice as FC Nantes Atlantique beat third division Stade Brestois 29 4-0, while Stade Rennais FC overcame Toulouse FC on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech saved two spot-kicks as the visitors prevailed 7-6.
