Sacred Toulouse, Emmanuel Macron particularly scrutinized

Sequins around them but also in the eyes. Toulouse treated itself to an evening for posterity. The Coupe de France sees the city in pink. These Toulousains made short work of Nantes, Saturday evening April 29, with four goals, scored in 30 minutes. To say that last year, Nantes won the trophy, while Toulouse played in the second division. This year for Nantes supporters, the Cup is full. For the 26,000 Toulouse people at the stadium, it’s a daydream. Toulouse won 5 goals to 1, and won the second Coupe de France in its history. A success, for the 16th budget of French football.

Symbolic action in the 49th minute

The club has been able to innovate in recruitment. Only foreign players at kick-off. “It’s a lot of emotion, pride. We had considered everything, but not a final like that”, said Philippe Montanier, coach of Toulouse FC. In the stands last night, Emmanuel Macron was particularly scrutinized. The President of the Republic changed the protocol, greeting the players in the hallway leading to the locker room, before kick-off. He wanted to avoid possible whistles and red cards distributed by the unions. The inter-union had called for symbolic action in the 49th minute, in reference to 49-3. The president finally presented the trophy to the Toulouse players from the stands, without any image being shown on the giant screens of the stadium.