Every day, the morning of Europe 1 looks back on one of the sporting events that make the news.

This Thursday, Virginie Phulpin is interested in amateur clubs that cannot train and play.

According to her, this must change, in particular for the fairness of the Coupe de France.

The draw for the French Football Cup takes place this Thursday, with the entry into the running of professional clubs.

But can this competition really be played out, given that amateur clubs are at a standstill?

For Virginie Phulpin, we must save the Coupe de France!

We have a lot more to gain than to lose, yes.

It represents so much, for us, this Coupe de France, symbolically.

There will never be a more popular competition, the only time when fans can cross paths with football stars and try to knock them off their pedestal.

For the public, there are legends of little thumbs that span generations, from Calais to Chambly via the Herbiers.

This Coupe de France, it is part of our history without forgetting the geography.

He is the darling baby of the French football federation.

And this federation has done everything so that the cup can take place this year, despite the confinements, the curfews and the headache of a calendar upset by too many postponed matches.

She managed to invent a hybrid formula, where amateurs and professionals each play their own before ending up in the round of 16.

Frankly, we can safely admit that the Federation did its best to save this cup.  

The problem is that the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health are holding a press conference this Thursday, and that we do not really expect any relaxation of the measures in force. 

If we stick strictly to the measures in force today, that would mean that amateur clubs would still be at a standstill, and that we would give up on this Coupe de France.

Except that there is an idea that hangs in the minds of officials at the federation, but also of politicians, which would be to protect the Coupe de France.

It is the newspaper L'Equipe which spoke about it this Wednesday.

That is to say that the amateur clubs still qualified could possibly resume the path of training despite the situation to be able to play their cup matches.

Chick?

Let's go!

Honestly, it would be more symbolic than anything else, as a privilege.

It would concern a few dozen amateur teams.

In all and for all throughout the country.

By strictly respecting the sanitary protocol, that should not pose a problem.

It would therefore be an extremely reduced risk for a huge breath of fresh air.

For players, for amateur sport, for the public, for everyone in fact.

The symbol of a country that knows how to adapt.

And that does not fit just for football stars, but also for little thumbs.

Let's play it, this Coupe de France.