After their heroic qualification on penalties on Saturday, the Combani players leave for Corsica this Monday at the end of the afternoon in order to face the Corte team tomorrow, Tuesday (10 p.m. Mayotte time).
The Black Devils will have barely had time to savor their almost historic qualification for the 8th round of the Coupe de France before they set off again on a mission since their Coupe de France tour has been scheduled for this Tuesday evening.
Barely time to breathe for a very young group and still deprived of 7 of its best elements remaining in Mayotte, a group which also suffered to finish its victorious match and this Monday, two injured are to be deplored in the ranks of Combani, two players who would have little chance, according to the club, of being able to hold their place tomorrow evening.
“ The adventure continues, but workforce management is becoming more and more complex. The team continues to move forward with unwavering determination” specify the leaders who know full well that the march will be very high to try to overthrow Corte, a Nationale 3 club also difficult winner, on penalties, of another resident of Nationale 3, last Saturday.
In the championship, Corte's team does not really sparkle, penultimate in their group, the Corsicans have won only one of their seven matches played so far (1-0 against the reserve of Olympique de Marseille), it is an experienced team with an average age of over 28 years, in short, the opposite of Combani.
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The backbone of Corte's eleven is based on local players, therefore Corsicans, a group reinforced this season by the arrivals of Kevin Rimane (FC Borgo), Dorian FANNI (Martigues) and Kouakou (Vitre).
The Corsican club, unlike its illustrious neighbors Bastia and Ajaccio, has never made great achievements in French football. In 2005-2006, for the first time in its history, Corte reached the thirty-second finals. of the French Cup.
The club was then coached by Jean-André Ottaviani and chaired by Sylvestre Zuccarelli.
In the next round, Corte will lose against the Stade Rennes, club of Ligue 1, 3 goals to 2.
Finally, the only player known at the national and even international level to have worn the Corte jersey was Dominique Colonna, former French international goalkeeper, died last year at the age of 95, Dominique Colonna 13 caps for the French team but above all goalkeeper of the legendary Reims stadium of the 1950s for Kopa and Just Fontaine.
Tuesday evening, the meeting will take place on the pitch of the Santos Manfredi stadium, an enclosure with 2,000 seats, in Corte, which is located about sixty kilometers from Bastia, the city where the Combani players will reside and will have a final training session followed by the match. in tactical position tomorrow morning.
