The end of the suspense for FC Nantes and La Roche Vendée Foot. During the draw for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France which took place this Sunday evening, the Canaries inherited AS Vitré, a National 2 club, as in the quarter-finals in 2019 . The Vendéens, heroic winners of Montauban in the final seconds, will have to move on the lawn of FC Versailles 78, club of National 2. The matches will be played on January 2 and 3.
A “remake” of the quarter-finals in 2019
It was March 6, 2019. That afternoon, the Yellow went easily to dominate Laurent Hervé’s players thanks to the achievements of Antonio Mance and Gabriel Boschilia. Before failing at the Parc des Princes against Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-final of the “Old lady“. Since then, there have been many changes at FC Nantes and, from this meeting, only six players are still present in the professional group. But Antoine Kombouaré’s proteges remain very favored against the red lantern of their group of National 2, winner of Panazol (1-1, 4-3 at tabs).
We are very disappointed not to have a nice party at home.
The round of 16 between Vendéens and Ile-de-France seems much more open. The two formations are separated by only one division but currently, the Versailles Foot 78, winner in the previous round of Sarre-Union is very in form, evidenced by its second place in its group of National 2, only one unit of the leader . And the fact that the Yonnais are forced to go to the Paris region has cooled the players of Charles Devineau. “We are obviously a little cold because it will be our sixth trip in a row, reacts Christophe Chabot, president of La Roche Vendée Foot. And we are very disappointed not to have a nice party at home. “Hopefully that will be the case in the next round.