This Monday evening, the Vertavian delegation was registered at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport without knowing the outcome of the call from Étoile Maritime. As their plane took off for Reunion, the decision of the FFF Higher Appeals Commission fell. “We are well qualified for the eighth roundannounces Alban Atonatty, the Vertavian president. We were not too worried because no additional documents were provided in the file. »
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The Ligue de Nouvelle-Aquitaine did seek to clear the Étoile Maritime but the arguments did not – a priori – hit the mark. “We’re not going there to go sightseeing but to qualify for the thirty-second finals of the Coupe de France” warns Atonatty, who was leaving a little later than the players and staff. The wait was long at Sainte-Anne but also at Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu which still had a (very small) chance of leaving. “We believed in it without really believing in itunderlines Baptiste Casanova. Now we have to focus on Pau FC. » This procedure nevertheless marked the Pays de Retz club which perhaps achieved its worst performance of the season on Saturday at TA Rennes. “I felt that we weren’t in it, we really got moved” concedes the phillibertine coach.
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The FFF's decision therefore puts an end to a week of hopes, disillusionment but also palaver. USSA Vertou is off to a good start in Reunion and Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu will take over the Jean-L'Eveillé stadium in Challans next Saturday against Pau FC. With the desire to create a great feat to see the thirty-second finals for the first time!
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