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Alioui, El Melali and Bahoken power Angers into French Cup Round of 16

Algeria's Farid El Melali scored a brace while Morocco's Rachid Alioui and Cameroon's Stephane Bahoken grabbed a goal each in Angers' 4-1 win over Rouen on Sunday.

The emphatic away victory over the fourth-tier outfit secured Angers' passage into the Round of 16 of the French Cup.

Alioui opened the scoring for the visitors as early as in the fifth minute but his lead was cancelled out eighth minutes later.

Angers regained their shortly in the 19th minute through El Melali and the Algerian forward later ensured they secure a two-goal at half-time with his second of the day in the 23rd minute.