What will the players, managers and supporters of the RC Nilvange of this sunny October Sunday? The memory of having trod, in official competition, the lawn of the Marcel Picot stadium in Nancy, an incredible chance for a team playing in the second district division? Or that of having cashed a stinging defeat, 17-0 against AS Nancy-Lorrainethe scale of which becomes anecdotal?
Pleasure
This is the first feeling that dominated in the declarations after this 5th round of the French Cup. The seven-division gap was impossible to bridge over 90 minutes. The fate of the match was even already sealed at half-time with a nine-goal lead for a Nancy team largely made up of young people from the training center. “There was a match, we had fun and we made all our supporters happy” nevertheless welcomed Yalcin Yildiz, the coach of RC Nilvange, “The hierarchy has been respected and I think that will make us mature for the next few weeks.”
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Three fan buses had made the trip to encourage the reds. But that wasn’t enough. “They were much too strong for us” abounds Romain Hunet the president of the Moselle club, who also wants to underline the attitude of his opponent of the day. “I would like to thank the ASNL for receiving us. They made a nice gesture (the thistle club took charge of the organizational costs and left the entire proceeds of the match to Nilvange), they have made everything available for the club and the team to be well.”