“It’s true amateur football that emerges victorious,” assures Philippe Clément, the coach of Dives-Cabourg, after the victory against Le Puy

Philippe Clément, coach of Dives-Cabourg, after the 1-0 victory against Le Puy in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France: “It’s magnificent. I strongly believed in it even though I knew we were facing a formidable team, who lose almost nothing. They respected us, prepared to beat us and that makes the achievement even greater. We have put in place the necessary ingredients for the Coupe de France: we need to surpass ourselves at all times. They did everything together from the first to the last second, they dug into it like crazy.

It's a competition where you don't have time to do calculations, otherwise it's too late: what they did is fabulous. There will be sixteen clubs left in France, including Dives-Cabourg: it’s great. This (mardi) evening, it is true amateur football which emerges victorious. It’s a very beautiful story to continue. I believe in it, because the history of the Coupe de France reminds us that N3 beat Ligue 1. It's not pretension, but as it has already been done, why not us. »