Late penalty puts Lyon into cup quarters showdown with Marseille

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Lyon beat Nice 2-1 to reach the French Cup quarter-finals on Thursday.

NICE (AFP) - Lyon will face in-form Marseille in the French Cup quarter-finals after a last gasp penalty snatched a 2-1 win for them at Nice on Thursday.

Moussa Dembele opened the scoring for the away side in the 15th minute at a sparsely-populated Allianz Riviera stadium, the Frenchman collecting Maxwel Cornet s cross before rolling home his 18th goal of the season.

Little else happened until the final minutes, when first Kasper Dolberg backheeled straight to Lyon goalkeeper Anton Tatarusanu from a few yards out.

Adam Ounas then flashed home a leveller for the hosts in the 89th minute, but just seconds later Lyon were given a penalty for Dante s reckless tackle on substitute Karl Toko Ekambi, with Houssem Aouar tucking home the winning spot-kick.

Rudi Garcia s side will host Marseille, who are second in Ligue 1 and unbeaten since the end of October, next month.

The 3-1 win over Strasbourg on Wednesday that put Andre Villas-Boas  side in the last eight saw a group of around 600 Marseille lawyers dressed in courtroom robes demonstrate against the French government s controversial pension reforms.

Epinal and Belfort, architects of the two big shocks of the round, have both been handed home ties against top division opposition.

Saint-Etienne will travel to the former after beating Monaco while Belfort will host holders Rennes, who edged closer to retaining the trophy by winning a nine-goal thriller with Angers 5-4 on Tuesday.

Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain will face relegation strugglers Dijon, who needed a 119th winner against plucky fifth division amateurs Limonest to progress.