This weekend, for the recovery after the winter break, the clubs still in contention had an appointment with the 1 / 32nd finals of the Coupe de France. For the occasion, we were present in Bruyères-le-Châtel to attend the meeting of the "petit poucet", AS Bruyères, who plays in Regional 3, facing the Hautes-Savoyardes FC Chéran, resident of Regional 1.


Despite the cold and the more than five hours between the two cities, many supporters have made the trip to Essone to cheer on their team in this match that is already historic, since neither AS Bruyères, created two years ago, neither FC Chéran had reached this stage of the competition.


AS Bruyères suffers but leads to score


The visitors start better match. From the start, the players of FC Chéran are more present on the first balloons, they dominate in the air, but they fail to put their game. Many balls swayed in front, not finding takers.

And, against the course of the game, the players of Haute-Savoie will be led to the score. On their first real incursion in the opposite camp, the Bruyéroises will get a corner right side. Corner that Lisa Gilles is responsible for shooting in the area, and in front of the goal, Vinciane Morais is in the fight with Romane Ravoire, forcing the latter to inadvertently push the ball in his own goal (7th). 1-0 for the Essoniennes, but FC Chéran does not demobilize and goes forward.

A clear dominance in the first half by the Hautes-Savoyardes, so that during the ten minutes following this opening of the score, Bruyères will be totally unable to cross the median line. However, if Bruyères fails to move forward, the club of Essonne does not let go in the back. A mobile defense that prevents Chéran to succeed in this last move, the latter passes, which would allow him to be in a good position to equalize.


Romane Ravoire presents FC Chéran on the right track


As for the first goal, the equalizer will come on a corner, and once again Romane Ravoire is at the conclusion, but on the other side of the field this time (20th). 1-1, a parity score that will be held until the break and not without difficulty for the players of Bruyères, below in this first half. The "petit poucet" even has this score to its guardian, Laurine Piriou, irreproachable.

Author of many parades in the first half, as on this pass from Magali Pochat Cottilloux for Rebecca Bonnefoy (23rd), or on the sublime shot from the left of Sarah Verdan, the Parisian door will not be rewarded for its good work against the attacking opponents .. On a long shot, almost at the center line, Romane Ravoire, Laurine Piriou will be surprised and the defender left of Cheran will be able to celebrate his double seeing the ball fall in the left corner of Piriou (61). A goal came from elsewhere but seemed inevitable as the visitors, who had just been denied a goal for offside, dominated.


However, despite appearances, neither this goal, nor even the third, scored on a free kick away from Magali Pochat Cottilloux (70th), will shower the hopes of Bruyères to return to the meeting. On the contrary, back to the wall, the Essoniennes will show their best face of the game by taking offensive risks, including through a former resident of D1, Celia Mazeau Piedallu.

But whether it was his very good free-kick off right side (80th) or his shot at the end of the meeting, each time, Cindy Alias, little used until then, was present to repel the attempts of the ex-player Juvisy. In vain attempts, leaving more space at the other end of the field, and allowing FC Chéran to burden the mark in added time with a fourth goal, signed Helena Van Eysendeyk.

Thanks to this great away win, FC Chéran keeps the hierarchy respected and continues to write its story by reaching for the first time the sixteenth-of-final of the Coupe de France, with the common desire to receive a "Big" in the next round.


The post-match reaction:

Eric Malatesta (AS Bruyères, coach): "I'm disappointed for my players. "

Mélanie Falcomata (FC Chéran, captain): "We had a lot of mistakes"

Arnaud Pedretta (FC Chéran, assistant coach): "If we could take a big club at home, it would be great. "




Match sheet


Sunday, January 7, 2018, 2:30 pm - Bruyères-le-Châtel (Sandrine Soubeyrand Sports Complex) - Coupe de France - 1 / 32nd finals.
AS Bruyères - FC Chéran: 1-4 (1-1)

Referee: Solène Rygaloff

Goals: Romane Ravoire (7th csc) for Bruyères; Romane Ravoire (20th and 61st), Magali Pochat Cottilloux (70th) and Helena Van Eysendeyk (90th) for Chéran.

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The teams :

AS Bruyères: 1-L. Piriou - 2-S. Raveau, 3-J. Rock (14-M. Decaux, 64th), 4-M-L. Moreira, 5-S. Svaluto, 6-R. Frau, 7-L. Gilles, 8-V. Morais, 9-A. Guillaume, 10-C. Mazeau Piedallu, 11-M. Valentin.

Coach: Eric Malatesta


FC Chéran: 1-C. Alias ​​- 2-M. Broisin, 3-R. Ravoire, 4-A. Burgers, 5-M. Falcomata, 6-L. Desaire (15-I. Haroudj, 51st), 7-S. Verdan, 8-L. Buchot (14-F Quetand, 53e), 9-H. Van Eysendeyk, 10-R. Bonnefoy, 11-M. Pochat Cottilloux.

Coaches: Maëva Dumurger and Arnaud Pedretta.