Yann Kouadio Nahounou during Feignies Aulnoye – OL in the Coupe de France (Photo by SEBASTIEN COURDJI / AFP)
Beaten without merit by OL (1-2), the Entente Feignies Aulnoye came out with the honors of this Coupe de France. The northern club even managed to score for the first time against an elite team.
One team qualified and the other was eliminated and, nevertheless, when it came time to post-match analysis, it was a wonder who wasOL or theAgreement Feignies Aulnoye had taken the door. Saturday, in Valenciennes, the hierarchy was respected with the qualification for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France for Lyonnais (1-2) but the face shown by the northern club lived up to the event. There was certainly a fairly defensive philosophy at kick-off and yet, this National 2 team played their best.
Pierre Sage paid tribute to him, saluting this face rather than the one shown by his players. When the’OL n’a “not been worthy”in Feignies Aulnoye, there was pride despite the defeat. “We had a very good match. And I am very proud of my team, welcomed Krzysztof Ziecik. We have situations to make it 1-1, and we take this second goal. But it's good, we didn't give up, we tried until the end.”
“We continued to push even at 2-0”
The Feignies Aulnoye coach could hardly blame his players. Described as a playful team in “Tant que il y sera des Gones” last Monday, the Entente lived up to its reputation, to the point of putting the team in difficulty.OL. Despite the first and second goals, the northern team continued to play and were rewarded with this goal at the end of the match. A first achievement against an elite club. “The players were not afraid to give in, to bring out the balls. We took this superb free kick. We reacted. At 1-0, it was playable, we gave everything. Afterwards, at 2- 0, we continued and pushed a professional team.” To the point of being able to leave the competition with my head held high despite the disappointment.
