The suspense did not last long.
Didier Deschamps, who had the responsibility and the honor of drawing lots for the semi-finals of the Coupe de France on Wednesday evening, shot the ball from Versailles first.
The Petit Poucet of the event, who had triumphed over Bergerac during the day during the duel of the residents of National 2 at the end of the penalty shootout, knew that he would necessarily face a tenor in the half.
It will be Nice.
During the draw, cries of joy were heard in the Loges of the Nice stadium… We can easily imagine the reason.
New general manager of Versailles Jean-Luc Arribart commented on this twist of fate with mischief.
“I would like to thank Didier Deschamps.
You could have found us a team less strong than Nice which has just released PSG and Marseille.
But we are determined to win the Coupe de France.
I'm sorry for our friends from Nice but we want to go all the way.
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We already know the posters for the semi-finals of the #CoupeDeFrance!
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⚽️ @FCNantes or @SCBastia 🆚 @AS_Monaco
🔜 Meeting for the last quarter between Nantes and Bastia tomorrow evening before the half on March 1 and 2 🔥 pic.twitter.com/6x0kzagS7q
– French Cup (@coupedefrance) February 9, 2022
In the coach heading to Bordeaux (where they will spend the night), where the music is at full blast, the Versailles heroes watched the draw for the semi-finals on their smartphone.
"It's only happiness to face a Ligue 1 formation and what's more in the semi-finals, confides Diego Michel, the midfielder of FC Versailles.
I don't know where we're going to play this game.
We hope that this meeting will be played in the Paris region.
We are talking about the Stade de France, the Parc des Princes, the Charléty stadium… It would be incredible to play at the Parc.
We could invite all our relatives.
We give a good image of the Paris region and we hope to be supported for this semi-final.
Now we just want the win.
We are 90 minutes from a final at the Stade de France.
It's a crazy thing !
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Drawn first, Versailles should therefore be given priority to receive the current 3rd in Ligue 1, on March 1 or 2.
But this duel of extremes will obviously not take place in Versailles, the stadium was already not approved for the 8th finals.
The club's leaders will have to quickly come down from their cloud after the club's historic qualification to find a pitch for the half.
If it is impossible to organize the match, the meeting may then be moved to Nice.
The other semi-final will oppose Monaco to the winner of the 4th quarter duel between Nantes and Bastia (L2) on Thursday.
The final will be played at the Stade de France on May 8.
