The French Football Cup is always a special moment for football fans.
The competition allows teams from all over France to face the biggest Ligue 1 clubs and offers surprises every year with small teams that manage to create the feat.
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This year, it was the Football Club of Annecy, officiating in Ligue 2, which aroused the surprise by beating, in the quarter-final stage, Olympique de Marseille, currently third in the Ligue 1 championship. Savoyards therefore won their ticket for the semi-finals, as did FC Nantes, which took the best of Lens (2-1), Toulouse Football Club, winner of Rodez (4-0) in the previous round and Olympique Lyonnais. , who defeated Grenoble (2-1).
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The first semi-final will oppose, from 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, FC Nantes to Olympique Lyonnais.
It will be broadcast live on France 3 from 9 p.m. and commented by Fabien Lévêque and Djibril Cissé.
Arnaud Matteoli will be on the sidelines.
The match will also be broadcast on beIN Sports1.
The Canaries, holders of the title, hope to achieve a double and register a fifth time the name of the club in the prize list of the competition.
They welcome Laurent Blanc's men to La Beaujoire and intend to win in front of their home crowd.
On March 17, the two teams failed to decide (1-1) on the lawn of Gerland.
The Lyonnais have not won the competition since 2012 and dream of bringing home a sixth Coupe de France title.
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The second semi-final will be held on Thursday April 6 and will pit Annecy Football Club against Toulouse Football Club.
It will be broadcast on beIN Sports 1 from 8:45 p.m. This is the first time that the two teams have faced each other.
The Toulousains will come to play at the Parc des Sports in Annecy with the ambition of qualifying for the second final in the history of the club after their victory in... 1957!
Annecy will also want to shine in front of its public and continue to write the most beautiful history of the club by winning a place for the Stade de France on April 29.