These are confrontations like only the Coupe de France can offer. Matches between two clubs that were never supposed to meet, with sometimes magical moments as a result. This is the case this year for FC Foron, which plays in R2. The Hauts-Savoyards face Estac de Troyes this Saturday at 6 p.m.a Ligue 2 club. Five levels separate the two teams, but that doesn’t scare our fans, who will play at the Cluses intercommunal stadium in front of an audience of 3,000 people committed to their cause. “We always hoped to have a Ligue 2, we were waiting for FC Annecy to have a nice derby but in the end, it was Troyes“, explains Rachid Chentoufi, 43 years old and president of FC Foron. “It’s magnificent and it’s very good news for the club! It’s a beautiful poster.“
“We want amateur footballers”
FC Foron is the story of a club taken over by friends of colleagues in 2013, who wanted a team “for their children“, as its president tells it. “The club was in D4 and we moved up year after year, we stabilized in R3 and we managed to move up to R2.“As for the Coupe de France, FC Foron had never managed to get past the sixth round. It’s done this year, with a good showing in perspective for this seventh round.”We saw what we watched on Téléfoot, Little Thumb who faces a big club, who can create a surprise“, continues Rachid Chentoufi. “We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Football is their job, but we want to be amateur footballers. We can create surprise with pride, envy and by having fun. I think the pressure is on them. We are certainly in R2, but we are starting to have a little football experience.“
The meeting will take place at the Cluses stadium, which can accommodate 3,000 people. FC Foron opened the ticket office at the start of the week and places sold like hotcakes. “We also invited young people from U7 to U13 from surrounding clubs to come and support us: Saint-Pierre en-Faucigny, Bonneville, Reigner, Amancy“, explains the president. “We wanted to make this match a celebration of Rocho football, not just FC Foron.“He would also like to salute the commitment and support of the Cluses-Scionzier club, which plays in R1.”The volunteers joined us in the story, we were also supported by the town hall, which provided us with agents from the municipality and the community of the municipality to install the barriers and prepare the event.“It will be possible to buy tickets directly at the stadium this Saturday, provided you arrive early.
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