French Cup. Not all professional clubs have the same class!

Like every year, the subject of leaving the recipe for the French Cup match comes up again, particularly from certain professional clubs.

This is a recurring subject. Everyone has their opinion of course. But it is often customary for professional clubs to leave their share of the revenue. Last weekend, after the thirty-second finals, many amateur clubs welcomed the gesture of their opponent. “AS Monaco left the recipe to Union Saint-Jean and the players were on top with the fans, reported Vivien Seiller, journalist at Nice Matin, on X. Ben Seghir went for a walk in their locker room, they gave away tons of equipment… Class! »

Other clubs highlighted “the class” professional clubs who left their share of the revenue, like Christophe Chabot, the president of La Roche Vendée (Brest), or Christophe Gautier, the co-president of US Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu (Quevilly Rouen). Lille to Rouen, Angers to Bobigny also left their part. Even when beaten, professional clubs did not ask for their check. This is the case from Grenoble to Cannes, from Montpellier to Puy or even from Le Havre to Saint-Brieuc. But not everyone has this class.

A war of words between Drancy and Nantes

As is often the case, FC Nantes left the Bauer stadium in Saint-Ouen with its share of the revenue. That’s a little over 12,000 euros! Which did not fail to provoke a reaction from the club and the municipality of Drancy. “The management of FC Nantes: the shame of French football! posted Aude Lagarde, the mayor of the town of Seine Saint-Denis, on social networks. The tradition of the Coupe de France is that the professional club donates its share of the match proceeds to the amateur club. The unfair decision to deprive our club of playing at the Charles Sage stadium was motivated by the dangerousness of the Nantes supporters. It forced JA Drancy to pay tens of thousands of euros so that the match could at least be held in the department. »

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