Like Le Puy Foot in the previous round where only ASSE, OM and Montpellier remained, Espaly was one of the last four teams to draw on Sunday evening. And as luck would have it, FC Espaly hit the jackpot with Lens or Paris Saint-Germain.
A favorable draw for these two clubs, a dream draw for the Espaviots. After the victory against Dijon (National) on Friday, the dream continues. “Lens and Saint-Etienne have the two best audiences in France. And PSG is the best in France, even in Europe,” says president Christian Perbet. “We wonder what we’re doing there. But we wanted it.”
The question of the stadium arises. It seems impossible that the match could be played in Espaly, at the Viouzou stadium. And the leaders already seem to rule out the Massot stadium, administratively in the town of Espaly-Saint-Marcel. “We can't play PSG here if the Parisians win tonight. I see three clubs to welcome us: the Vélodrome, the Parc des Princes or Geoffroy-Guichard. We have to look at the economic equation. Today, we don't can't afford a Ligue 1 stadium.”
Le Puy Foot was also confronted with this equation last season before the quarter-final against Rennes where a stadium inversion was in the balance. Christian Perbet does not rule it out. “We will see tomorrow and in the coming days. But wherever we go, we have always said that we would pay for the bus for the Espaviot supporters,” promises the “Cric” president.
