The 32e of the Coupe de France finals, played this weekend, had their share of surprises in store. Three Ligue 1 clubs thus left as soon as they entered the competition, against teams of a lower level: Le Havre and Montpellier came up against Stade Briochin (0-1) and Le Puy-en respectively. Velay (0-4), residents of National 2, while Auxerre lost at home against Dunkirk (0-1), third in Ligue 2.
Nantes, for its part, avoided the trap set by Drancy. But if the Canaries, future opponents of Brest in the sixteenths, won in style (4-0), thanks in particular to a double from Matthis Abline, they did not shine with their attitude. The FCN actually kept its share of the revenue, to the great regret of the formation of National 3. “We are going to make a transfer to the people of Nantes of 13,000 euros while the club has a budget of several tens of millions of euros”deplores the president of the JAD in The Parisian.
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“For us, the trip to the Bauer stadium (in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine) and all the expenses incurred will cost us 40,000 euros.continues Alain Melaye. We will probably have to pay a large protective net to the Red Star manager because the Ultras Nantais burned him after the match. » Enough to also enrage the mayor of Drancy who, on Facebook, was indignant at the behavior of Nantes leaders.
“The management of FC Nantes: the shame of French football!thunders Aude Lagarde. The tradition of the Coupe de France is that the professional club donates its share of the match proceeds to the amateur club. But the Kita family, owner of Nantes, decided to immediately claim their 13,000 euros from the Joan of Arc of Drancy. For the sake of comparison, the highest paid player at the Nantes club receives a whopping €200,000 per month. »
“The unfair decision to deprive our club of playing at the Charles Sage stadium was motivated by the dangerousness of the Nantes supportersadds the chosen one. It forced the JAD to pay tens of thousands of euros so that the match could at least be held in the department. To this already hefty bill will be added that of the restoration of the Bauer stadium, damaged last night (Saturday, editor’s note) by some idiots from the Nantes parking lot who set it on fire. »
Coupe de France, a flouted tradition
“The FFF cannot remain silent in the face of this unacceptable situationshe continues. To avoid our club getting stuck financially and help it cope, we will vote for exceptional financial support at the next municipal council. I call on all institutions, partners and lovers of the Drancé club to do the same. » Pointed out, the general director of the Canaries, Franck Kita, reacted to the comments made in the opposing camp.
“We had decided that we would remove our travel costs, bus and hotel, from our share of the revenuehe replies in The Parisian. And if there had been a remainder on this share, we would have left it to the club. But this part didn’t even pay half of our costs. Also, no one came to see us or introduce themselves as leader of Drancy. However, I was at the edge of the pitch during the entire warm-up. We were not invited to any lounge and we went to sit in the middle of the stands. »
