Illustration of the Coupe de France. - SIPA

It was to be a great football celebration on Saturday afternoon at the Vélodrome de Rennes with the Coupe de France meeting between Guichen fans (National 3) and Stade Malherbe de Caen (Ligue 2). But unfortunately, the match, won by the Normans (1-2), was punctuated by incidents between ultra Caen and Rennes. In the middle of the first period, a group of individuals, a priori ultras from the Stade Rennais, came to provoke the opposing parking lot. This was followed by the start of a fight, quickly stopped by the security services, as reported by Ouest-France.

After 20 minutes in Guichen (N3) - Caen (L2), a priori supporters from the Rennes ultra come to intimidate the park of the Norman supporters, which provoked. Beginning of a fight quickly stopped by security. What a sad day for a small club like Guichen ... pic.twitter.com/8iYAgViRuR

- Benjamin Idrac (@ bidrac15) January 4, 2020

Calm then returned with the intervention of the police. But Caen supporters still saw red at the start of the second half when ultra-Rennes players displayed a banner stolen from their counterparts in the past.

"Assholes who don't give a damn on a field", according to Pascal Dupraz

At the end of the meeting, the leaders of the two clubs did not fail to deplore the sad spectacle offered by these pseudo-supporters. "It is a great sadness, reacted the Caen president Fabrice Clément. There are no injuries but it is the opposite of the spirit of the Coupe de France, everything we hate in football and unfortunately we suffer today ”.

🎙 Fabrice Clément “What happened is very sad, I hope that the return will be fine for our supporters. »#SMCaen #FCGSMC #CDF pic.twitter.com/loleiZmnHm

- Stade Malherbe Caen (@SMCaen) January 4, 2020

Norman coach Pascal Dupraz also did not mince words. “It was a nice game, there were just stupid people who fought in front of us. They don't give a damn about anything. For me, it is the image that inspires me from our sport. We are not really part of the same world. It is unspeakable, unacceptable, "said the Caen coach interviewed by Ouest-France .

For fear of overflows, the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine had issued an order Thursday to prohibit the movement of Caen supporters in Rennes. Fifty people still took part in the trip.

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