Limon's "heroes" cruelly eliminated by Dijon in overtime

At the Groupama OL Training Center in Décines,

"I'm not going to lie to you, I could see myself winning my team on penalties. Determining for 120 minutes this Tuesday against Dijon (17th in Ligue 1), Lorry Levionnois wrote the epilogue of his crazy dream, carried by a National 3 team struggling without complex despite the four divisions apart. But like all FC Limonest Saint-Didier, the goalkeeper saw this scenario break on a goal Stephy Mavididi, at the end of the overtime (1-2).

"The Coupe de France can be magic but also cruel at times," says Lorry Levionnois. We had the baraka, we gave ourselves body and soul and pfiou, at the last second ... "New Little Thumb of the competition for these 8th finals, the Rhone club first capsized the training center of OL, in Décines, opening the scoring thanks to Aziz Bouzit (1-0, 49th).

The feat is underway for @ FCLSD69760 who just opened the scoring at the start of the second period against @DFCO_Officiel in a big atmosphere at the Groupama OL Training Center. #CoupedeFrance @ 20Minutes pic.twitter.com/Uxwi1ZskcY

"Are you all ready to hit the lawn if we score?" "

"To score against a Ligue 1, it will remain engraved for life, it is the best memory of my little amateur career until then, smiles this one. Having looked straight in the eyes of a Ligue 1, it gives us pride. We made the Dijonnais doubt and we received their compliments. But that will not make up for the defeat and this cruel scenario. "Because after the quick equalization of Jhonder Cádiz (1-1, 54th), the Limonois almost scored an anthology goal but the left side Nathan Tanard found the transverse of 25 meters (66th).

The hedge of honor of @DFCO_Officiel in honor of Limonest, Petit Poucet of the 8th finals, cruelly eliminated in the last seconds of overtime. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #espritdelacoupe pic.twitter.com/1nzK20Xml0

Then when Jhonder Cádiz in turn found the bar in stoppage time in regular time (90th + 5), the 2,600 supporters of Limonest believed in a good luck rab on Tuesday. "Are you all ready to hit the lawn if we score?" “, Even launched an enthusiastic supporter to the many children of the club not ready to forget this crazy evening, for a town of about 3,000 inhabitants.

"I'm going to watch my parents with their heads held high"

"But the planets were not completely aligned for it to pass, sighs with philosophy coach Nicolas Pinard. Even if it's super frustrating, it's still a great course, especially since we tried to play, we didn't get ten behind. So much so that Dijon coach Stéphane Jobard readily admits having passed through to the quarter-finals "through the very small, small, small door".

24h to follow @ FCLSD69760 to finish with these moments of joy in the locker room after the qualification for the 8th finals of #CoupedeFrance and the word of the president @vainchtock, "I think we are not in bed!" »@BFMLyon #Limonest pic.twitter.com/A939Wog4l3

In Limonest, there will remain from this adventure in the Coupe de France the legendary rallying cry of President Alexandre Vainchtock "I think we are not asleep", just after qualifying at Charleville-Mézières (0-1) ten days earlier . And of course pride in having pitched an elite formation. "My parents came down from Normandy for this match and I'm going to watch them with their heads held high," says Lorry Levionnois. When I see that we last 120 minutes against a Ligue 1 team by being huge, I think we are all heroes tonight. "

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