The joy of the Reims players after qualifying against OL (@StadeDeReims)
Thanks to a solid performance, Stade de Reims achieved the feat of eliminating OL Women in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. A light in the sometimes complicated daily life of the championship.
A few weeks ago, they had already had difficulties, but had nevertheless managed to escape the Champagne trap. Behind Melchie Dumornayback at her former club, OL women took the best (0-3) on a Reims stadium at bay in the championship. Without the Haitian, still ill, Lyon's performance was very different on Sunday in the Coupe de France. The natural lawn of Auguste Delaune had given way to the synthetic one of the Blériot stadium and the entire Rhone machine came to a halt.
Pushed to the penalty shootout by the Rémoises, enterprising for 45 minutes, the Fenottes bit the dust. “It's hard to realize that we managed to compete with Olympique Lyonnais and that we were successful in penalties for us, unlike two years ago, smiled Mathieu Rufiécoach from Reims to our colleagues from the Union. It took a long time to take shape, but yes, it's an achievement, we can say that. The players were surprising from start to finish. And on the match, frankly. In the second half, we suffered, but in the first half… We really did a great thing.”
Full box for the Rémoises for the recovery
In the tough league with a ninth place and only three points ahead of relegation, Reims savor this ray of sunshine and hope to take advantage of it for the second half of the championship. After being semi-finalists in the last play-offs, the Rémoises have a completely different objective this season with maintenance. “We must manage to have something else in terms of results in the return phase in the championship if we are capable of doing things like that. We must not make the wrong fight either. Nantes is in six days (Saturday January 18, 5 p.m.), and we must not get lost, because the most important dynamic is the championship.”
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