Football: who to reach the final four of the Coupe d’Occitanie ?

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L’EP Vergèze (R3) et l‘Avenir Foot Lozère (R1) se retrouveront ce dimanche 19 mai (15h) en demi-finale de la Coupe d’Occitanie.

A little less than two months have passed since March 31. That day, in the windy atmosphere at the gates of the Camargue, EP Vergèze (R3) created the feat and claimed the scalp of Avenir Foot Lozère ( R1) on penalties (2-2, 5-4 tab). But while this new XXL performance should have opened the doors to the last four of the Coupe d’Occitanie for Morgan Marion and his gang, the Gard team was finally sanctioned for having fielded two suspended players. Result: match to be replayed, this Sunday, May 19 (3 ​​p.m.), to find out which of the two teams will have the chance to find Clermontaise (R1) in the semi-final of the competition. "This match, we are going to approach it in the same way as last time, telling ourselves that we will have nothing to lose and that we will have to give everything on the pitch, breathes the EPV coach. I don't hide the fact that there is necessarily a bitter taste compared to what happened to us. But we have no choice, we have to deal with it and move forward. We want to show that if we won, it was not due to chance, but to the work and quality of the boys. We are not vengeful, we simply want to continue living this great adventure together."

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An ambition and hopes for the final four that their AFL opponents will also share, driven in recent weeks by a very interesting dynamic and a newfound confidence."Now that the continuation is assured and that we have almost finished the championship, we are going to play this quarter-final to the fullest to try to go to the end. It would be a great reward for all fans of the club, especially since our U17s qualified for the final. We are going to give everything to continue to experience beautiful emotions, confides Maxime Teissier, the Lozerian coach, who nonetheless remains very cautious a few days before this big meeting YOU. We already had a big warning with the first game. As I often tell boys, we will have to be demanding and humble. Vergèze is a very good team, with a passionate young coach and really interesting boys. I am quite surprised by her ranking in R3, I think she deserves much better. We'll have to be at our best to pass."

And hope to reach the last four of the Coupe d’Occitanie, the final stage before facing Lavaur FC in the final. Head full of trophy dreams.

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