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In the sixth round of the Coupe de France, FC Libourne beat Saint-Jean d’Angely. ” We walked into the total unknown, indicates Pierre Portets the team goalkeeper. We didn’t know where we lived. It had been two and a half months since we last played. We had resumed training on December 15th. We started the game badly by scoring a goal after three minutes of play. But we were able to react and were able to take advantage of our opponent’s defensive largesse. At halftime it was 4-1, which was a good thing not to get charred in the second half. I saw that for the field players, it was hard. Poor people ! But they handled it well. In any case, it did good for the attackers that they could score. »
For the seventh round of the Coupe de France, it is the reception of Lège-Cap-Ferret which will come on the lawn of the Stade Moueix. And according to the porter, ” Lège Cap Ferret is a great National 3 team which has been at this level for many years. They are ahead of us in the standings, even though we have played few games. All the players know each other, there are former Libourne players there. It will be an interesting game and it is difficult to give a winner. »
To make the difference, Pierre Portets indicates that the keys will be: “ to be patient and to set the pace. We know that their main weapon is blocked kicks. They should therefore be avoided.«
In any case, motivation is essential for the group. Driving in the Coupe de France is always fun for a player. And all the more so at this period of health crisis which puts a stop to the championships … but which allows the holding of the Coupe de France: ” after two and a half months without playing, it’s a pleasure to be back in competition. If we lose, we think it will be the last game of the season because we don’t think that the National 3 championship will resume. And we don’t want that. We will then only have training on Wednesday and Saturday, and it sucks. We are not going to lie to each other, the Coupe de France is our championship.«
