It’s a story that illustrates the magic and scope of the Coupe de France. During half-time of their 16th final against PSG, where Espaly held off the French champion with a score of 1-1, the president of the small amateur club Christian Perbet received an unexpected call: that of Nasser Al-Khelaïfiin person.
A moment as surprising as it was touching, then shared in front of the cameras: “He congratulated me, we laughed about the fact that I was called the 'Espaly Qatari', and he told me that he would invite us all to his dressing room for the next match. told him that I wanted to take the photo with him. It's a lot of attention because he got up in the night in Australia to call me, it's a real move.”
The president of Espaly did not hide his admiration for PSG: “It's both incomprehensible because we are nobody and vice versa, PSG respects amateur sport, we must proclaim it loud and clear. It's the truth. They make efforts, they help, they are transparent, They are professional, and we must pay tribute to them, because that is not the image we give them and it is a very good club.
-A moment of recognition and respect which shows that, sometimes, football goes beyond the pitch to create unexpected links between such different worlds.
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