As a symbol, the biggest defeat in the final of the Coupe de France, was suffered by the Canaries, in 1970 once morest Saint-Étienne (5-0).
From now on, Nantes, 16th in Ligue 1, fears a nightmarish season with the fear of relegation, a year following having known the happiness of a coronation in the Coupe de France.
Boosted in the stands and on the ground: in a Stade de France rarely so boosted (78,000 spectators) with smoke bombs, tifos and banners, the Violets put pressure on Nantes, completely overwhelmed in defense in the first period.
They logically opened the scoring on a corner from Branco Van den Boomen shot at the head of Logan Costa, who rose higher than everyone and easily deceived Alban Lafont (4th).
Hard-hitting on the sides, the Toulouse team doubled the lead a few minutes later, once more thanks to Logan Costa, and still with a header (10th).
A winning bet for Philippe Montanier, the Toulouse coach. Established on Saturday, the Cape Verdean had never scored. No player had scored a double so quickly in a Coupe de France final…
Facing the helpless Nantes people who almost never set foot on the ball during the first half apart from a big chance (12th), the Toulouse people continued their demonstration.
On a nice opening from Gabriel Suazo, Thijs Dallinga stole the ball in front of the Nantes goalkeeper (23rd). The Dutch striker pushed the Canaries a little further following a strike from Farès Chaibi (31st).
Besides, Opta’s statistics show it: Toulouse are the first team to score at least four goals in the first period of a Coupe de France final since Lille once morest Bordeaux in 1955.
The second period of this surprise poster between these two formations in the second part of the table was much less euphoric.
Uncertainty over Europe
After several attempts (53rd, 57th, 66th) and pushed by the yellow public, the Nantes people reduced the score on a penalty (75th) converted by Ludovic Blas.
But just following (79th), the Toulousain Zakaria Aboukhlal delivered a layer with a nice shot under the crossbar of Lafont.
The Violets were supported by around 22,000 fans in fusion, 66 years following the only title in the history of the city, the 1957 Coupe de France obtained at a time when Toulouse played in red and white and vibrated especially for rugby.
This title is also the subject of a dispute between the “TFC”, which has this trophy in its list, and the Federation, which attributes this edition to another “Toulouse FC”, a club that disappeared in 1967 before being reborn. under another name, US Toulouse in 1970.
This victory normally offers a ticket to the Europa League next season.
But if AC Milan, which has the same shareholder as Toulouse (the American investment fund RedBird), qualifies for the Champions League or the C3, the “Téfécé” might be deprived of Europe.
“And there they are, the Toulouse people“, “who does not jump is not from Toulouse” sang the Violets, for some leaning on the grids bristling with peaks, following having deployed a magnificent premonitory tifo: “Let’s take her back to the Place du Capitole“.
In this final played in a context of social tension, sporting encouragement completely took precedence over social discontent. Even the 49th minute remained calm as the unions called for whistling in rejection of the pension reform.
Almost no red cards, distributed in front of the stadium but confiscated by security, were waved among the public. Just before the meeting, Emmanuel Macron greeted the players as they left the locker room.
With this heavy defeat, FC Nantes, which won the Cup last year once morest Nice (1-0), sinks a little more at the end of the season.
“Retirement time has come for the Kita, the FCN is for sale” et “we don’t want the Kita” brandished and sang the people of Nantes.
