While Tours was due to host Lorient this Saturday at 6 p.m., the meeting was finally canceled a few hours before kick-off. As communicated by the FFF, the conditions of security and reception of the public could not be ensured by the TFC, which could automatically lose this 32nd final of the Coupe de France.
Tours FC unable to ensure the match takes place
The Tours FCnow a resident of Regional 1 six years after his relegation from Ligue 2, had made this reception in Lorient a day of celebration taking him back to his finest hours. Ultimately this will not happen since the meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. this Saturday, was canceled a few hours before. “ The prefecture of Indre-et-Loire and the Town Hall of Tours noted that FC Tours was not able to put in place a system to guarantee the match was held in terms of welcoming the public. Consequently, the decision was taken in consultation with the stakeholders to cancel the meeting. », Explains the French Football Federation.
After presenting two systems, the first validated by the authorities, then the second more austere and rejected by the prefecture, Tours FC did not manage to return to the original plan and, therefore, to present enough security agents to ensure the meeting takes place, according to information from The New Republic. The option of behind closed doors was also studied, but the fear that this would cause excesses around the stadium was too strong.
The Organizing Commission of the Coupe de France will soon examine the follow-up to be given to this 32nd final, with the possibility of automatic elimination of Tours FC – which “ bears material responsibility for the meeting, involving the management of logistics and the progress of the meeting and assumes full responsibility in the event of deficiency or negligence », Reminds the FFF – if the match is not postponed to a later date or relocated.
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