Saturday afternoon, FC Nantes faced Drancy in the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France. The meeting was held at the Bauer stadium, Red Star's usual arena, in order to invite more people to the party. Tradition dictates that the Ligue 1 club leaves the recipe to its opponent but Waldemar Kita obviously did not hear it that way. His Drancean counterpart attacked him in the columns of Le Parisien.
In turmoil for several matches, the FC Nantes reassured himself on Saturday by avoiding the trap set by Drancy in French Cup. Antoine Kombouaré's men showed seriousness to reach the round of 16 of the competition without a hitch. But the day after this great victory, Waldemar Kita is at the heart of criticism because he refused to leave the recipe for this meeting to the Drance club. In an interview given to Parisian, Alain Melayethe president of the JA Drancydid not go out of his way to denounce the attitude of the Nantes president.
“No human contact with Nantes leaders”
« We are going to make a transfer to Nantes of 13,000 euros while the club has a budget of several tens of millions of euros. For us, the trip to the Bauer stadium and all the expenses incurred will cost us 40,000 euros. We will undoubtedly have to pay a large protective net to the Red Star manager because the Ultras Nantais burned him after the match. The players made us a guard of honor and I was able to greet Antoine Kombouaré but there was no human contact with the Nantes leaders. I was told that President Waldemar Kita was there but he never came to see us. They also didn't want to come to the post-match reception. This is the first time I've seen this and yet we faced several professional clubs in the Coupe de France (JAD played its fifth 32nd final yesterday). I remember very pleasant discussions with Carlo Molinari (former president of Metz) or Jean-Pierre Rivère (president of Nice). I didn't need to ask them to give us their share of the revenue. », lamented Alain Melaye.
“Kita’s attitude is small”
« When I go to someone's house I introduce myself but we may not have the same education. I am disappointed, bitter and angry! It’s a big disappointment for amateur football. There is no rapprochement between amateurs and pros. However, many stars come from small amateur clubs. Kita's attitude is petty. This does not make man grow. When you are the president of a big club like Nantes, you are a great gentleman. I am convinced that if we had faced PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi would have come to greet us », added the president of the JA Drancy. A new humiliation for the FC Nantes…
