Who from Nice or Nantes will win the 105th edition of the Coupe de France? The two clubs face each other on Saturday (9:15 p.m.) at the Stade de France to lift the “Old Lady”. With each three trophies to their name, the Aiglons and the Canaries can add a fourth Coupe de France to their long footballing history. Nearly 80,000 spectators, half of them supporters of the Aiglons (19,800) and the Canaries (21,000) are expected in the enclosure of Saint-Denis.
For Nice, you have to go back to 1997 to find the last title in the competition. Nantes won it in 2000. Fabien Galtier has the opportunity to win a third title in as many teams managed after the Coupe de la Ligue with Saint-Etienne in 2013 and the coronation of Lille. For Antoine Kombouaré, it is above all a question of emotions. The Coupe de France, he has already won twice as a player (1993 and 1995) and once as a coach (2010), each time with PSG. But with Nantes, “it has nothing to do (…). It’s more than anything“. The match will be refereed by Stéphanie Frappart who will become the first woman to lead a men’s Coupe de France final.
Follow the Nice – Nantes final live:
With France Bleu Azur, on the Nice side
With France Bleu Loire Océan, on the Nantes side
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