It will certainly be the shortest trip of the season for the Stade de Reims. And for Reims Sainte-Anne, the opportunity to experience a new highlight at the Stade Delaune, almost two years after the duel against Montpellier, it was in January 2020 also in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France. Obviously on paper, the Stade de Reims will start off largely favorites against the amateur team.
But Reims Sainte-Anne is not really a Regional 1 team. In view of its workforce and its background, this Reims team displays a much higher level. Since the start of the season, she has won everything: 11 out of 11 matches in the league and 6 in the Coupe de France (see below) until the 32nd round. 41 goals scored only 3 conceded. Reims Saint-Anne will undoubtedly reach the Nationale 3 at the end of the Regional 1 championship which it dominates. The team is made up of young players, sometimes from professional training centers such as Baptiste Fournier and Paul Perrin who grew up at the Stade de Reims. And of course more experienced players like Mickaël Tacalfred, the former captain of Stade de Reims, now 40 years old, who has 542 professional matches including 106 in Ligue 1.
So of course, the opposition against Stade de Reims will have nothing to do with those encountered in the league and even in the Coupe de France since the start of the season. But the Rémois du Stade would be well inspired not to take the Rémois de Sainte-Anne too lightly. And that is precisely why the Stade de Reims coach Oscar Garcia was present last Sunday at the Robert Pirès stadium to observe Sainte-Anne in his late match against the Chapelle Saint-Luc, which won 7 goals to 1. Today hui, if the Stade players with less playing time in Ligue 1 could start the meeting (Diouf, Berisha, Donis, Koffi, Locko), the Reims coach should keep a framework around his captain Yunis Abdelhamid. Note on the Reims side the absence of Marshal Munesti, still injured, that we should not see again with the beginning of next year. Hugo Ekitike is slightly affected. Thomas Foket, Andreaw Gravillon and Ghislain Konan were left to rest.
THE REIMS SAINTE-ANNE GROUP
- Grégory BARRILLIOT, Thibaut LOGETTE, Mohamed KEBE, Ugo GUEGAN, Baptiste FOURNIER, Anwar ABLAGH, Edmilson FORTES, Paul PERRIN, Walid BOUABDELI, Yassin MERBAH, Jordan MANSOURI, Mickaël TACALFRED, Alex TOUKOUK, Matheo LEONARD, AmerCHEEYE, Jordiane , Tristan BACHELLEZ, Serge BANDO, PAVAT
THE REIMS STADIUM GROUP
- Yehvann DIOUF, Nicolas PENNETEAU, Predrag RAJKOVIC, Yunis ABDELHAMID, Ibrahim DIAKITE, Wout FAES, Bradley LOCKO, Moustapha M’BOW, Martin ADELINE, Valon BERISHA, Moreto CASSAMA, Kamory DOUMBIA, Alexis FLIPS, Sambou Sambou Sambou LOCKO, Moustapha M’BOW, Valon BERISHA, Moreto CASSAMA, Kamory DOUMBIA, Alexis FLIPS, Sambou, Il KEOPBISSYBIA, Alexis FLIPS, Sambou Sambou Noa CERVANTES, Anastasios DONIS, N’dri KOFFI, Nathanaël MBUKU, El Bilal TOURE, Mitchell VAN BERGEN.
THE COURSE OF REIMS SAINTE-ANNE IN THE CUP OF FRANCE
- 3rd round / Sunday, September 19
Reims Sainte-Anne 3 – 0 Le Theux (Regional 2)
- 4th round / Sunday October 3
Hair (Departmental 2) 0 – 7 Reims Sainte-Anne
- 5th round / Sunday 17th October
Avizes (Regional 1) 0 – 2 Reims Sainte-Anne
- 6th round / Sunday 31 October
Raon-L’Etape (Nationale 3) 1 – 2 Reims Sainte-Anne
- 7th round / Sunday 14 November
Reims Sainte-Anne 1 – 1 (4 tab 3) Bobigny (Nationale 2)
- 8th round / Sunday 5 December
Reims Sainte-Anne 3 – 0 Magny (Regional 2)