Will the Sporting players be able to repeat their performances from the previous rounds in the Coupe de France and eliminate a 3rd Ligue 1 club tonight? To find out, you will have to wait until 10:45 p.m., or even longer if there is a penalty shootout. This 3rd step is a little higher than the previous ones because Nantes enjoys a very good level in Ligue 1, but the Bastiais will also have their arguments to put forward. They take off at 10 a.m. in search of a new feat on the road to an event that has marked the history of the club. She even gave birth to him 50 years ago with his first final in 72 against OM. We are still far from it for the moment, two games, and a big pitfall will arise this Thursday evening at the Beaujoire stadium: a FC Nantes in full confidence!
“Boldness and Desire”
– John Pruneta
To overcome it, Bastia has arguments according to its defender Dumè Guidi: audacity and desire, two qualities successfully tested in previous rounds against Clermont and Reims, two L1 clubs already : “You have to approach it with a lot of ambition, a lot of desire and to please everyone. We go there in the skin of the outsider of course but sure of our strengths, with a lot of desire and the objective of being in the next round. We manage to move people around, that’s for sure a source of pride, after that people will be happy only if we manage to hang on to qualification. » Bastiais who will have to do without two of their own, injured, defender Yohan Bocognano and midfielder Yacouba Sylla.
– John Pruneta
600 supporters from Corsica and beyond
The Cup has always mobilized supporters, it’s true, and although this match is played at 9 p.m. and in the middle of the week, they will be close to 600 to support the blues this Thursday. 300 will make the trip to Bastia, half of them on the team’s plane that morning. A first for Régis Brouard, the trainer, who appreciates: “There is a sharing, a communion that is made with the public in difficulty as in joy and to be able to share part of the day with them, for the people who will accompany us in the morning, I find that good. Personally, I am very happy with it. »
– John Pruneta
The end of the gauges in the stadiums will allow Sporting to benefit from the support of these supporters whose half leave from Bastia aboard two specially chartered 180-seat Airbuses, one from Air Corsica, the other from Malta. But many will also go through classic flights from Paris. The other large contingent will be made up Corsicans from the continent and in particular from Paris united by the Association “Turchini 75”. The Association des bleus de Paris is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Born in 72, day of the 1st final of the Coupe de France of the SCB.
– John Pruneta
Nantes / Bastia: a match for the exploit to live and see on RCFM as if you were there with Jean Pruneta from 8:45 p.m. for a kick-off at 9 p.m.