In the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, OL will challenge Bourgoin in mid-January. A historic match for the Isère team which has already moved towards this gala poster.
“It's Christmas before time, it's magnificent“. When discussing the draw for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France, Djemal Colverpresident of Bourgoin, did not hide his immense happiness. It must be said that his weekend was rich in emotions, mainly positive, as football can make you experience.
First of all, the FCBJ crushed Martigues, resident of Ligue 2, on Saturday (4-1). A moment forever engraved in the history of Berjallian training. It was their first appearance in the round of 32 of the event and the group prepared perfectly for this big meeting to largely dominate a professional opponent.
“We couldn’t have hoped for better”
Not yet coming down from his little cloud, Bourgoin had the pleasure of learning that he was going to challenge Olympique Lyonnais in the next round. “It's a very good draw for us, the best possible. We couldn't have hoped for better and we are very happy, Djemal Kolver told us. A new derby is taking shape (laughs). We didn't have time to breathe after the first good news (qualification, Editor’s note) that we already have a second one.”
It must be said that this will be a first meeting between two very close entities. The Rhone residents, for example, played at Pierre-Rajon last summer against Torino (0-0). In recent years, they have very often frequented the Berjallian enclosure for friendly matches against Ajax Amsterdam, Fulham, Servette FC and Dynamo kyiv.
Bourgoin hopes to welcome 7,000 supporters
This makes the leader of the FCBJ say that he and his collaborators are “rode“at the organizational level. The objective will therefore be to attract 7,000 spectators for this confrontation scheduled for January 15.”Now, we will have to perfect all of this as best we can in the coming weeks so that everything goes without a hitch.“
It should be a great celebration for an entire institution. “There is a lot of euphoria and joy to pull OL. For the management team, it is a source of pride to bring a local team to this level, rejoiced Dylan Simplethe general director of Bourgoin. It's a source of pride for us, but also for all of northern Isère and the clubs with whom we were able to work.”
Strong emotion at the time of the draw
For Coach Freddy's protégés Morelit is also a reward for their good start to the season. Currently second in National 3, they are in the race for a comeback, a few months after relegation during the 2023-2024 financial year. “We are following the pace planned for the championship. We know that the month of January could be decisive, so it will be up to us to perform well in the sequence of competitions“, announced Dylan Rahis.
In the meantime, Berjallian footballers are impatiently awaiting this shock, a special confrontation for several members of the squad. “Many of our players are from Lyon. Yesterday (Sunday)I saw Yanis Mecheri having tears in our eyes when we learned that we would be playing OL, I told Djemal Kolver. These are beautiful things, beautiful moments to experience, so you have to take advantage when it falls on you.“This Monday in Bourgoin was the day after a party.
