Hauts Lyonnais – TFC in the Coupe de France: “The worst pitch I have played on in my life”… Toulouse residents frustrated by the state of the pitch

This is what sometimes makes the magic of the Coupe de France. When a first division team like TFC travels to a National 3 team like Hauts Lyonnais, certain elements mean that the team is not as unbalanced as it seems.

The quality of the pitch is one of them, and that was true this Saturday afternoon. In Feurs, the Toulouse residents had a hard time getting used to the capricious bounces of the grass at the Maurice Rousson stadium, which hosted the Hauts Lyonnais clubs for the occasion. They testified about it in the post-match conference.

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“In theory the pitch is not a problem. When we knew we were playing here, we analyzed the pitch, we received videos, we already realized that it was not optimal” he said. first explained coach Carles Martines Novell. Before outbidding: “This morning we realized that it was very bad (they came at 9 a.m. to scout the pitch, Editor's note). If we had lost, it would have been seen as an excuse, but now I'm happy that we won to be able to say it. It was impossible to play football, honestly.

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His full-back/midfielder/attacker Aron Donnum, author of the winning shot on goal, didn't go easy on himself either: “It's the worst pitch I've played on in my life. It was like a mountain. It was impossible to control.

A pitch which was also unsuccessful for Joshua King and Niklas Schmidt. Heavily hit in the head on contact, the first will follow a concussion protocol starting this Saturday. The second put his team in difficulty by receiving a red card in the 27th minute following a dangerous tackle on opposing midfielder Tom Meyer.