Coupe de France: the goalkeeper qualifies his team twice by scoring in the last minute
Agon-Coutainville, R2 club from Normandy, will play the 4th round of the Coupe de France largely thanks to Julien Fondraz, a goal scorer.
The Coupe de France is magical and the scene, round after round, of incredible exploits. While waiting for the professionals to enter the fray, it is the small Norman club (R2) of Agon-Coutainville which is currently making headlines. And more particularly his 37-year-old goalkeeper, Julien Fondraz.
Crazy or simply the charms of @coupedefrance, call it what you want. For the second time in two rounds, Julien Fondraz, Agon-Coutainville goalkeeper, equalized in stoppage time before qualifying his team on penalties. @sports_ouest pic.twitter.com/zMvlEnatu5
— Clément Hébert (@ClemHbert) September 17, 2023
Twice, the boy came out of his cage in the final moments to score and save his team from elimination. As he told it with our colleagues at So FootJulien Fondraz had not scored since his time with the under-11s.
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It’s clearly the most beautiful memory. It will stay with you,” the player testified, rewinding the story. “It’s pretty crazy. I have a little difficulty realizing this myself. We asked ourselves the question of whether this had already happened in the history of the Coupe de France, and a priori no. Plus behind, I take out the penises…”
In the next round (September 28-29), Agon-Coutainville will host Granville (N2). A hell of a piece!
