The Toulouse of Philippe Montanier, former coach in other Real Sociedad teams, now won the second French Cup in its history, the first since the reconstruction in 1970, after defeating Nantes, champion of the previous edition, in the final in Saint-Denis, with certainty 1-5.
The final of this 106th French Cup between two teams located in the lower-middle part of Ligue 1 is an unprecedented final, but victory over Nantes (16th) does not guarantee Toulouse (th -12) in presence in the next Europa League.
First, UEFA must validate their classification as regulations do not allow two clubs with the same owner to participate in the same European competition. The American investment fund RedBird is also from Milan.
Macron greeted the players inside the stadium
Before the first whistle all eyes were focused Emmanuel Macron. The President of the French Republic did not greet the players on the pitch, as is customary, and did so inside the Stade de France to avoid being booed at a time when he has lost popularity over controversial pension reform.
The match was decided by a very effective first half by Toulouse, who after ten minutes had already won 0-2 with two goals from the centre-back.I’m Logan Costa, the first in a corner taken by Branco Van den Boomen (4′) and the second from a cross by Stijn Spierings (10′).
Dallinga was sentenced after half-time with a brace (0-4)
Nantes seemed to react, but a brace from Thijs Dallinga definitely sentenced the final before the break. The 22-year-old Dutch striker has already scored 18 goals in 36 games this season, including 6 in the French Cup.
0-3, in the 22nd minute, was a great goal both in its preparation and its execution. The Chilean Gabriel Suazo He put a very deep drive into the ground from just 50 meters to go dallingawhich exceeded the goal Alban Lafont suffering the ball with an exquisite hit.
After half an hour, Lafont denied a shot from Fares Chaïbi and Dallinga did not forgive.
Nantes saved honor from a penalty
The second half was anecdotal and served for Nantes, aiming for their fifth Cup in their tenth final, to save their honor with a change. Ludovic Blas a punishment of Rasmus Nicolaisen to Fabien Centonze (74′).
Toulouse closed the little hand with a whip of Zakaria Abouhlal who deviates from Jean-Charles Castelletto and angered Lafont (79′). It was the icing on the cake of an undisputed victory after 66 years of waiting since the first Cup dated 1957.
NANTES
15
TOULOUSE
Nantes: Lafont; Centonze, Castelletto, Pallois (Delort, 46′), Joao Victor (Merlin, 66′); Moussa Sissoko, Girotto, Mollet (Moutoussamy, 46′); Blas (Coco, 82′), Mohamed and Simon (Ganago, 46′)
The
Toulouse: Haug; Desler, Nicolaisen, Logan Costa (Rouault, 82′), Suazo; Dejaegere (Sierro, 69′), Spierings (Moussa Diarra, 82′), Van den Boomen; Aboukhlal, Dallinga (Onaiwu, 69′), Chaibi (Ratao, 79′)
The
Goals: 0-1, Costa (4′); 0-2, Costa (10′); 0-3, Dallinga (23′); 0-4, Dallinga (31′); 1-4, Blas, penalty (75′); 1-5, Aboukhlal (79′)
Referee: Benoit Millot. Yellow cards for Joao Victor (26′), Pallois (28′), Descamps (43′), Dejaegere (58′)
The
Spectators: 78,038 at the Stade de France
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Source: La Verdad
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