2023-11-03 00:37:13
Carried out on Tuesday October 31, the draw for the very confidential Coupe de l’Indre turned into bad buzz after the publication of a video from a Facebook live which went viral on the networks.
While the draw is about to begin and the names of all the participating teams are written in balls, placed in a large salad bowl, Jacques Lhuilier, president of the cup commission, collects an additional ball and keeps it in his hand. Visibly worried to see the camera focused on him, the man then whispers: “They are going to see my hand”, accompanying his words with a gesture asking to move the phone away.
The controversy and suspicions of rigging then spread. Director of the Center-Val de Loire Football League, Antonio Teixeira, defended his colleagues. If he pleaded the “clumsiness” of the organizers of the competition, he also recommended “redoing the draw” to ease tensions.
It is now done. In a report, the Indre District management committee announced that it had met this Thursday at 5 p.m. and had taken the following decision: “the cancellation of the October 31 draw following the reports and a new draw drawn on November 8 in the presence of all the participating clubs.
Minutes of the meeting of November 2, 2023.
After this first tragicomic draw, if the Indre district decides to do a Facebook Live again, it should attract many spectators.
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