“The magic of football has worked”, the emotion of Stéphane Dief (Le Puy) after the feat against Montpellier

The Coupe de France continues its journey. Sixty-four clubs will be on deck this weekend for the 32nd finals of the Old Lady. This is an important step since it marks the entry into the running of the eighteen Ligue 1 teams. The winners will qualify for the round of 16 (the draw will be made this Sunday at 8 p.m.). The Montpellier Hérault Sport Club took to the pitch at Puy football 43 Auvergne (National 2). At the end of a one-sided encounter, the bottom of the French championship lost heavily (0-4) against the third in Group A of the fourth French division.

“The magic of football has happened”

Present at the post-match press conference, Stéphane Dief (coach of Puy football 43 Auvergne) shared his emotion: “A lot of satisfaction, of course, as you can imagine, but also great pride in what What the players achieved this evening: We played good matches quite regularly, but this one was particularly successful because we scored quite a few goals. good thing to happen to us. People were happy this evening at the stadium, and we wanted to have a good match, that was the objective before talking about qualification. We know who we are, and we know who we are playing against. then, this evening, the magic of football happened. Even if the first half was a little complicated, we knew how to remain solid. The second half was very appreciable. , we were clean in what we proposed. varied a lot, and we continued to move forward despite the score in our favor. We managed to maintain a good balance. That’s what makes the match satisfying.”