LOSC’s next opponent, which is entering the Coupe de France, is none other than FC Rouen 1899, now led by Iwan Postel. The latter, far from being ordinary, aims to reach the Champions League.
Fourth in Ligue 1 at the end of the previous year, LOSC managed to reach the league phase of the Champions League, a competition in which its men achieved a journey that no one could have imagined. Falling in Lisbon when they entered the competition, the Mastiffs have not experienced the slightest misstep since, with four successes (Real Madrid, Atlético, Bologna, Sturm Graz) and one draw (Juventus). They are, two days from the end, in eighth position in the ranking. This beautiful epic is undoubtedly admired in Normandy where Iwan Postel, new president of FC Rouen 1899,
“ambition” to discover the most prestigious European competition
“within seven years”.
In an interview for France 3 Normandie carried out last October, the Dutch manager revealed his ambitions for the future of the Norman club, maintained in National this summer by the DNCG: “The ambition is at least to be in Ligue 2, and in the medium term to be in Ligue 1. Every two years, we must reach a new level. People will say I’m crazy but I aim for FC Rouen to be in the Champions League within seven years.”he said. A victory against the Lille team could be a first step, especially since the Red Devils had already laid their stones last season.
Buoyed by a series of sixteen consecutive matches without a setback, LOSC is preparing to make its 80th appearance in the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France this Friday. On this occasion, the northern club travels to the pitch of FC Rouen 1899, an ambitious opponent, who experienced a real epic during the previous year by defeating Toulouse FC and AS Monaco on penalties. to reach the quarter-finals of the competition. Distrust is rife in the North, where the leaders do not hide their desire to add a title to Lille’s record.
