If in the previous round, Viouzou had its hour of glory in the press and on social networks, since Wednesday evening, it is the players of FC Espaly who have the right to the spotlight after their sublime performance against the capital club.
Kévis Gjeci attracts attention
The first scorer of the evening, Kévis Gjeci, was particularly praised by the newspaper L'Équipe. “Courageous, daring, admirable, he quickly set the tone of the evening by opening the scoring in the 3rd minute. […] He was a constant poison for the Parisians, including his anger on the French champion's restarts,” reported the sports newspaper.
Beyond the first scorer of the evening, it was the entire team who put in a masterful performance on Wednesday evening. A feat praised by Le Figaro.
“Jordan Étienne, Gabay Allaigre, Mouad Aït Boulaalam and even Kévis Gjeci, names unknown on paper and who nevertheless carried the colors of amateur football high to stand up for 87 minutes to the leader of Ligue 1 and winner of 15 Coupe de France . »
-“Espaly bows with his head held high”
In its live broadcast, RMC also praised the performance of Lionel Vaillant's men. “Espaly, resident of National 3, delivered a dazzling performance and bows with his head held high. »
For Le Parisien, this match is the symbol of the Coupe de France and the fight between David and Goliath. “Espaly completely succeeded in his round of 16, in unexpected proportions that only the Coupe de France, this dream of social revenge of the small against the big, of guillotine-style revolution, allows”, before finishing in the following way. “Gonçalo Ramos' penalty in added time is anecdotal, does not lie about the qualification, but about this match: the real winner is called Espaly. »
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