Coupe de France: Moulins-Yzeure Foot escapes at the last minute on the ground of RC Vichy

“It was a real cup match! » The observation comes from Patrice Degironde, the coach of Moulins-Yzeure Foot, not unhappy to have avoided the lottery of penalties, this Saturday evening, against RC Vichy.
“I had even started to check off the names of the shooters,” smiles the coach of the N3 residents. Finally, Marceau had the good idea to push the ball into the Vichy net after a big mix-up just in front of the goal. We were playing the 92nd minute.

RC Vichy changes costume against MYF, Saturday, in this 4th round of the Coupe de France

Cruel, of course, for the thermal team, who thought they had done the hardest part by opening the score in the 61st minute thanks to Vieira, taking a shot from Elzeard repelled by Belmeliani, the MYF goalkeeper (1-0). But the Vichyssois did not succeed in making their opponents doubt for long enough. Two minutes after their goal, from a corner, Alouache, too alone in the area, found the net (1-1, 63rd).

Vichy reduced to 10 in the last
half hour of the match

“This quick equalizer killed us a little,” regretted Alain Debaut, the RCV coach. The expulsion of Brun in the 66th minute, for a second yellow card, did not help matters for the Regional 2 players in this second half, which was much more unbridled than the previous one.If the unfortunate epilogue obviously frustrated Alain Debaut and his group, the RCV could still be satisfied with its level of play against a team that plays two divisions above. For his part, Patrice Degironde was not choosy about this difficult qualification which maintains a certain dynamic.

Olivier Rezel