Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Tuesday January 14, 2025 at 11:49 p.m.
If Guingamp and Le Mans went to penalties against Sochaux and Valenciennes, the spotlight is on Dives-Cabourg.
While waiting for an improbable exploit on Wednesday from Espaly against Paris Saint-Germain, Bourgoin against Lyon or Thaon against Strasbourg, the Petit Poucet of the Coupe de France is called Dives-Cabourg and therefore risks remaining the only National 3 club for the round of 16 after the qualification of the National 3 club against Puy (1-0) which had crushed Montpellier 4-0 in the previous round. Captain Florian Suzanne, the only scorer in the 66th minute, couldn't believe it and was very difficult to relieve at the final whistle, as he was overwhelmed with tears and emotion. In the madness of the small Heurtematte stadium, all the supporters invaded the pitch to the sound of We are the Champions by Queen.
-The two mayors side by side on the lawn, “we are very happy”
Yes, it is already a form of trophy in itself for the small Calvados team, which until then had perfectly known how to take advantage of its confrontations with teams from overseas or from never higher divisions. To now arrive at this absolutely historic accessit. Among the flood of delighted reactions on the pitch, the mayor of Dives, Pierre Mouaret (for Le Pays d'Auge): “We are very happy with this outcome, very attached to this club and the entire working history of Dives. The union with Cabourg is not nothing, to take this club as high as possible. It’s a magnificent reward, we bring all these young people together on the pitch and they have stars in their eyes, we are very happy to do so. offer them this opportunity to Being enthusiastic about an amateur team sport warms the heart!”
And of course, next to him, his counterpart from Cabourg, Emmanuel Porcq: “Our two populations are not so different, it's the same popular fervor and a magical story. We are very happy to push the Reds towards the firmament , we haven't seen this for 42 years. We are very happy to carry our colors high, to delight these young people who want this gathering to support our two-person teams.” Note that Haguenau (N2), who could hope for happiness of at least the same ilk against Dunkirk (L2), will have to wait a little longer because the match was postponed due to an impassable pitch.
