This is not the first time that this has happened in the Coupe de France.
Defeated on home turf by Stade Rennais (1-3) at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Étienne, Le Puy Foot (N2) bears the merit of an honorable run in the competition, notably having eliminated Laval and Dunkerque in the previous rounds , two residents of Ligue 2.
Faced with an Elite club for the first time this season, Little Thumb, at least until his elimination on Thursday evening, had an unpleasant surprise at the end of the meeting.
If it is customary for Ligue 1 clubs to leave their share of ticket revenue to their opponents from the small amateur divisions, the Bretons would not have heard it that way.
Which did not fail to make Philippe Thiébault, financial director of the Auvergne club, but also Sidney Govou, native of the city and first supporter of the club.
“What a great evening of football in this legendary stadium, nevertheless tarnished by the choice of Rennes to take 55,000 euros from the share due to them from the ticketing revenue,” revealed the manager on his Facebook account.
So disappointed that the best club in Ligue 1 currently would stoop to this.
For your information Mr. Pinault, your club has collected 370,000 euros in funding from the FFF since the start of the competition with this evening's victory.
Doing that to an amateur club that was not allowed to play at home, not very nice.
I let social media do the rest.
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I am not for the trial of the networks but the gesture of Rennes says a lot about the lack of knowledge of the professional world about the amateur world. They were not aware of the impact of their decision on an amateur club.
And that’s a shame because I really like Rennes but not Le Puy anymore 😂 pic.twitter.com/HuvV7z89bZ
— Govou Sidney (@GovouSidney) March 1, 2024
“I am not for the trial of the networks but the gesture of Rennes says a lot about the lack of knowledge of the professional world about the amateur world.
They were not aware of the impact of their decision on an amateur club,” added Sidney Govou, who played at Le Puy.
After facing a Ligue 1 club in an enclosure full of 30,000 people, Puy will return to its Stade Massot and its average attendance of 600 spectators for its next home match, a derby on March 15 against Chamalières.
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At the start of the year, US Orléans had also not recovered PSG's share of the revenue for the round of 16 of the Coupe de France.
The capital club has the habit of only leaving this nest egg when it travels to amateur clubs, like in the round of 32 at Revel (Regional 1) or in the round of 16 at Pays de Cassel last year. (R1).