It’s the end of a soap opera started on February 10 the day after a victory against Bergerac (1-1 ap, 5-4 on pens) synonymous with a historic qualification for the semi-finals of the Coupe de France against OGC Nice, currently 3rd in Ligue 1. FC Versailles will finally travel to the Allianz Riviera in Nice to try to qualify for the final at the Stade de France.
After having dreamed of the option of the Parc des Princes, finally canceled after 48 hours because the PSG did not want their ground to be used too much during this period, the Versaillese were aiming for the Charléty stadium, one of the other approved stadiums in Île- de-France (with the Stade de France) for a semi-final. But the rental and organization costs are heavy with a cost of between 100,0000 and 120,000 euros. And the formation of N2 is not sure to fill a stadium with 20,000 seats. It therefore decided this Tuesday afternoon, after consultation with OGC Nice, to play this meeting at the Allianz Riviera.
The One Day Advanced Encounter
This historic semi-final for the Versaillese will not be played on Wednesday March 2 at 9 p.m. but 24 hours earlier. The game was originally scheduled for Wednesday March 2 with a kick off at 9 p.m. The date imposed itself because Nice will travel to Strasbourg on Sunday February 27 (kick-off at 1 p.m.) on behalf of the 26th day of L1, before receiving PSG on Saturday March 5 during of the 27th day. The Niçois could therefore only play their semi-final of the Coupe de France on Wednesday March 2 against Petit Poucet des Yvelines.
But France Télévisions, which has the first choice, favored the other semi-final between FC Nantes and AS Monaco and therefore imposed that the meeting be played on Wednesday March 2 at 9:15 p.m. The other broadcaster, Eurosport, and FC Versailles then preferred to play the match on Tuesday evening after having obtained the agreement of Amazon Prime, broadcaster of the L1, to shift the Strasbourg-Nice match to Saturday February 26 at 17 hours (instead of Monaco – Reims which will therefore be played on Sunday at 1 p.m.), so that the Azureans have three days between this L1 match and their Coupe de France semi-final.
Winner (0-3) Sunday February 13 in Poissy in the league, FC Versailles prances at the top of its group with seven lengths ahead of Blois (2nd amateur club). By the semi-final against Nice, the Yvelines team will only play one league match against Chartres on Saturday February 19 (3 p.m.) in its Montbauron stadium. “Our objective is to beat Chartres in order to boost the morale of all our competitors, forward Bissourou Touré confided to us after his double on Sunday against Poissy. Only after this opposition, we can focus on this semi-final. This epic changed our life. »