Coupe de France: Versailles will finally play its round of 16 in Toulouse

Direction Toulouse!

According to our information, FC Versailles (N2) will not play its historic 8th final in the Coupe de France against the 2nd in Ligue 2 in its Montbauron stadium on the weekend of January 29 and 30.

The enclosure, which hosted the round of 16 against La Roche-sur-Yon (4-0) last Sunday, was not approved for a nighttime match.

The leaders of the Yvelines club have requested an exemption to play in the early afternoon on Saturday or Sunday.

But, the programming of the round of 16 matches starting at 4.30 p.m. at the earliest, the Versaillais found themselves unable to organize the party at the Montbauron stadium which has a lighting problem due to its proximity to the castle ( no light source should be visible from the King's chamber within a radius of 5 kilometers).

"Everything is possible in a match"

It was therefore necessary to find a fallback ground. Créteil (Duvauchelle stadium), Saint-Gratien (Michel-Hidalgo stadium) and Bondoufle (Robert-Bobin stadium) were approved but FC Versailles agreed with Toulouse FC to reverse the match and play at the Stadium. The game should normally be played on Saturday, January 29. It is a hard blow for Petit Poucet (with Bergerac) who has had a remarkable season with a 2nd place (best amateur club) in his group in N2 and a place in the 8th finals of the Coupe de France after 7 successes. It will therefore not be necessary to achieve a great performance but an achievement to qualify for the quarter-finals.

“Everything is possible in a match and there are surprises in the Coupe de France, indicated Tuesday in our columns the top scorer (12 achievements in all competitions) Christopher Ibayi.

We will give the maximum against Toulouse.

We will be the outsiders.

We will not have pressure unlike them.

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In the race for national accession, FC Versailles will play two league matches before the Coupe de France clash in Toulouse.

The Yvelinois will first host Saint-Pryvé-Saint-Hilaire on Saturday January 15 before moving for the shock against the leader, the Lorient reserve, on Saturday January 22.