What to keep of this eighth-finals against Montpellier and this course in the Coupe de France? That's a bit of the question we asked Domont's players and coaches after the match.

A heavy score (16-0) to finish, but a modesty that made this result predictable, expected and without shame or regret. "Before the match, it was done. We knew who was going to qualify, "said Carolina Pitto, captain of FC Domont.

"It's not a gap, it's a gap"
A meeting that "had to play". "There are not ten matches like that," said Ophélie Dabé, FC Domont's center forward. She admits that if "the way" was not there, Domont's players tried to do what they could. A desire to play without regrets that was at the heart of the exchanges at half-time in the locker room. A desire to play "everything for the whole" after conceding seven goals in the first period.

A jump that allowed to return with better intentions in the second half as recalled Benjamin Brossard, the coach of Domont who saw "first five minutes [with] a little more commitment", a momentum found, quickly broken by a goal from Clarisse Le Bihan who plunges the Ile-de-France team into doubt. Beyond the gap in level, the coach domontois saw his team taken by the "event" with unusual mistakes for its players beyond the level of the team in front.

Details that do not prevent Domont out the head of the competition, but that could have made it possible to score a goal "so that the party is even more beautiful." Because the match against Montpellier was a gala match, a kind of reward for the course of Domont and for players who may never have the opportunity to confront a professional team.

"It's something you had to live"
When we talk about Domont's career in the Coupe de France, the reference match seems to be unanimously the 16th round against US Saint-Vit. For Ophélie Dabé, "it was the perfect match" against a team "much better than us" for Benjamin Brossard, but where his players had perfectly applied the plans of the coach of Domont.

Two quick goals from Ophélie Dabé and his "compatriot" Macoura Diabaté and Domont who then "closed the shop" and hold to finally win 2-1. A match where the Val d'Oise players found another resource to overcome adversity: the length of the return trip. For Ophélie Dabé, "we could not return with a defeat knowing that you have six hours of road waiting for you".

This round of 16 against Saint-Vit, it is also the kind of matches where Domont knew "to put a little more physical impact". An additional ingredient to overcome the superiority of the opponent according to Caroline Pitto, a data that may have missed Montpellier.

The Habs captain, who had already had a good run in the Cup five years ago when Domont eliminated Algrange, a D2 club at the time, became FC Metz. Domont had then fall against Arras. For Caroline Pitto, this eighth against Montpellier represents an additional emotion compared to the feat of 2012. One of the reasons is that this match was today the opportunity to confront a professional team, rare opportunity for them and her teammates.

"It's the war in DH"
An event that could be important for the end of the season. For Benjamin Brossard as for Caroline Pitto, the sequel looks complicated. The stake, the maintenance in DH seems far from being acquired, in a pool where seven teams of which Domont can still descend. A goal that Benjamin Brossard looks "very difficult".

Remotiver for the rest, it's already come to training, a base that is not necessarily a given according to the captain domontoise, but that type of match can help strengthen. It is more generally to use the Cup to deal with the moments of "hollow" that can be in a season and face a "feverishness" that Benjamin Brossard can find in his team "in difficult times" . This is also a question raised by Ophélie Dabé, the management of the post-event, not to collapse as the championship resumes next weekend.

Photo: In the locker room of Domont after the victory in the round of 16 against US Saint-Vit