The 32nd finals of the Coupe de France take place this weekend. But even better than a big name falling on a little Tom Thumb's lawn, we have unearthed THE ultimate loser in Indre-et-Loire; the pure and simple cancellation of the match between Tours FC and FC Lorient. French know-how, what do you want.
Tours FC enters the pantheon of lose
While the meeting between Tours FC and FC Lorient was to take place this Saturday at 6 p.m., the French Football Federation published an unreal press release at 1 p.m.; there will ultimately be no match. The reason? “The prefecture of Indre et Loire and the Town Hall of Tours noted that FC Tours was not able to put in place a system to guarantee the holding of the match in terms of welcoming the public“. Are we facing one of the biggest organizational failures for a football club? Certainly. Are we witnessing one of the best excuses for not ensuring a football match takes place? Certainly.
According to the daily La Nouvelle République, the sequence of events would be colossal:
- security quote considered too expensive.
- desire to reduce it.
- request rejected by the Prefecture.
- too late to return to the initial security service.
- match canceled.
Pure entertainment. Better yet, this news comes exactly five hours before the match takes place. We validate the timing so strongly. A thought for the 8,000 supporters who were expected at the Vallée du Cher stadium. The final stage of this masterpiece would of course be a defeat on the green carpet, and therefore elimination from the Coupe de France through the front door.
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