Coupe de France: SC Verneuil-sur-Vienne will face Chamois Niortais

They both play in Regional 3. But it is a world that separates them. SC Verneuil-sur-Vienne, moved up this season to Regional 3, will compete the coming weekend for the 5th round of the Coupe de France against Chamois Niortais, a former professional club which played in National last season before to be administratively demoted to the lowest regional level due to its financial problems.
A historic draw for the Haut-Viennois which could have been more so if the meeting had taken place in Verneuil where the party would undoubtedly have been beautiful. But Petit Poucet Limousin will seek to take advantage of the magic of the Coupe de France to shake up the Niortais ogre.

Two derbies

For the rest, the draw for this 5th round, carried out this Monday evening in La Rochefoucauld, reserved two Limousin derbies. Panazol (N3) will go to Gouzon (R2) with the favors of the forecasts while the duel between the two relegated from Regional 1 Guéret and Couzeix-Chaptelat promises to be balanced.
AFP Limoges (R2) will have to travel to Vienne to face Saint-Savin Saint-Germain, a team of the same level, while Feytiat will also have to travel to Périgny, an opponent he dominated 5-1 a few weeks ago. in the championship.
Placed in the southern group, the Corrèze clubs had the possibility of crossing paths with the Girondins de Bordeaux. It won’t. ESA Brive inherited the Girondins from… Lège Cap-Ferret (N 3) while Saint-Pantaléon will have to wait until Wednesday to know their opponent which they will host, JA Biarritz (R2) or Bassin d’Arcachon ( N3), the Basque club having lodged a complaint.