By JEROME PUGMIRE
AP Sports Writer
Associated Press Sports
updated 8:42 p.m. ET March 20, 2012
PARIS (AP) -Marseille's abysmal run of bad form continued as it lost for an eighth consecutive game on Tuesday, crashing out of the French Cup after a 3-2 quarterfinal defeat in extra time to non-league Quevilly.
Marseille coach Didier Deschamps did not spare his players' feelings, saying they badly let down the fans who traveled to the other side of France up to Normandy to watch the game.
"I'm left with a feeling of shame," Deschamps said. "I'm thinking about all those poor people who came to watch us today and who support us. Our pride has taken a blow. It's hard to accept."
Striker Johan Ayina scored with one minute remaining in extra time for Quevilly, his second goal of a pulsating match in which Marseille twice came from behind.
Marseille has little time to regroup as it faces a tough away trip on Saturday to southern rival Nice, which is fighting to avoid relegation, and then takes on Bayern Munich four days later at Stade Velodrome in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.
"Now we have to go to Nice and it won't be easy at all," Deschamps said. "The atmosphere will be absolutely intense, obviously. Having played an extra 30 minutes is not ideal, either. We have to recover and get our fresh legs back in time for Saturday."
Marseille had forced extra time through Loic Remy's goal five minutes from the end of normal time, but Ayina powered the ball into the net after Marseille goalkeeper Gennaro Bracigliano spilled a cross for the winning goal.
"We've just knocked out Marseille, and everything that represents. They're quarterfinalists in the Champions League," Quevilly coach Regis Brouard said. "It was a magnificent match, and we took risks in extra time by playing two strikers. I felt that there was a chance for us, that we could take them on the break, and we were rewarded for our audacity."
Quevilly, which plays two divisions beneath Marseille in the semi-professional National league, scored after six minutes when forward Julien Valero swept in from close range after Joris Colinet flicked on a free kick.
Colinet almost doubled the lead soon after but just failed to get on the end of Valero's cross.
Marseille striker Andre-Pierre Gignac, making his first start since Oct. 25, twice went close midway through the first half and then forced goalkeeper Issa Coulibaly into a smart save early in the second half.
"The first half was hard to stomach," Deschamps said. "We tried to come back into the game but a lot of the players are very tired."
As Marseille pushed for an equalizer, Quevilly almost won the game in normal time when Valero's strike hit Alou Diarra's leg and the ball rolled just past the post.
A minute after that lucky escape, Marseille equalized when winger Andre Ayew headed Rod Fanni's cross back across goal and Remy curled the ball in, despite Coulibaly getting a hand on the ball.
Aynia got his first goal of the game six minutes into the second period of extra time, making a great run to the near post and clipping the ball past Bracigliano.
But Marseille leveled straight away when Ayew again set up Remy, who finished from close range in the 112th.
With the match heading for a penalty shootout, Quevilly broke forward and won a freekick. Bracigliano came to claim what was a routine catch, but dropped the ball despite being under little pressure and it rolled invitingly for Aynia to thump home.
"It's huge to win, especially in the last minute like that," Brouard said. "We're one game away from Stade de France, we're just going to make the most of it now, we'll have plenty of time to prepare the next game."
Deschamps remonstrated with the fourth official after the goal, but Bracigliano was unimpeded as he went to claim the ball.
The 20-year-old Ayina's goals were his first since joining Quevilly from Paris Saint-Germain - Marseille's most bitter rival.
"It's exceptional, the first goals I've scored for the club and they're against Marseille," Ayina said. "I want to play against PSG now, it would be a pleasure."
In Wednesday's quarterfinals, PSG faces Lyon at home; non-league Gazelec Ajaccio faces Montpellier, and Valenciennes takes on Rennes.
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