Cannes CEO Felicien Laborde reflects on the club's unexpected triumph over Guingamp in the Coupe de France quarter-finals, marking a significant step in their recovery. Once celebrated for producing talents like Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira, Cannes has faced severe challenges, including a ban from national leagues in 2015. With a rejuvenated team, recent investment, and a passionate fanbase, the club is sidelining its tumultuous past, aiming to reclaim its status in French football, particularly after facing Reims in the semi-finals.
"The job is to help the club be proud again because what the club has gone through for the past 20 years hasn't been easy," says Laborde.
"Cannes' spectacular run to the semi-finals, where they will face Reims, has put the historic club back on the footballing map."
"If we still had those two stands for the quarter-final, they would have been full, says Laborde, whose task is to awaken the sleeping giant..."
"It was a big step down for a club that had been a founding member of the French top flight in the 1930s."
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