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Stade Rennais travels to Geoffroy-Guichard to face Le Puy in the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France, this Thursday (8:45 p.m.).
The charm of the Coupe de France will operate once again, this Thursday, for this meeting between two worlds that everything separates. Little thumb of this edition, Le Puy Foot 43 will face Stade Rennais to try to reach the last four of the oldest competitions.
For Christophe Gauthier, president of the National 2 club, this match in Saint-Etienne is a historic event. “It’s a huge satisfaction for us. This qualification is not the result of chance. It is the result of great consideration on the part of the players for the competition because it is the only one that can cross professional football with amateur football”.
“What characterizes us the most is the energy that we manage to put on the field and transmit to the stand, added Stéphane Dief, the Puy coach. People appreciate the way we do things and evolve. We don’t have a lot of flaws. We remain a young team. There are times in the match that we could control better”.
A qualification for the amateur club would be a historic achievement. Because opposite, Rennes is riding an impressive dynamic. The Breton club had also put an end to the great epic of FC Sochaux by coldly showering Bonal (6-1). The stage is set.
The expected compositions
Le Puy : Carvalho – Diakhabi, Ayessa, Civet, Beneddine – Iva, Xhemo, Akkal, Karamoko – Adinany, Meyer.
Rennes : Gallon – Doué, Omari, Theate, Truffert – Bourigeaud (or Blas), Santamaria, Matusiwa, Doué – Terrier, Kalimuendo.
Where to watch the game ?
This Coupe de France quarter-final between Le Puy and Rennes will be broadcast this Thursday on beIN SPORTS 1, from 8:45 p.m. It will also be possible to watch it on the group’s streaming platform, beIN Connect.
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