Yet in the soft underbelly of its group in regional 1 (9th out of 12, 15 points in 14 matches played), US Revel will be in the spotlight this Sunday evening in Castres. The South-West club, located between Toulouse and Montpellier, is preparing to compete in the “cup of all possibilities” in the most prestigious match in its history. The scorers of Blagnac, resident of Nationale 3, (1-1, 4-2 at TAB) in the previous round, will face at the end of these 32nd finals Paris Saint-Germain, undisputed leader of French football for ten years .
The match of a lifetime for these players, non-professionals and fans of Paris Saint-Germain for some, as Florian Serres, the club’s striker, admitted, according to comments collected by L’Opinion Indépendante: “I support this team with my little cousins, not since the Qatari era but that of Pauleta, Ljuboja and Luyindula. We have Paris in our blood. For the record, I am the only player on the team to support PSG. »
US Revel had already reached the round of 32 in the Coupe de France. Once, in 1961, the Haut-Garonnais bowed with their heads held high against Olympique Lyonnais, residents of the first division (3-2). Against Paris Saint-Germain, the objective will be both to have fun, but also to avoid a suitcase and a bitter return home.
For the president of the club, this new match against a juggernaut of world football is a gift offered to the 9,000 inhabitants of this small town: “Don’t wake us up, we’re taking PSG, it’s fabulous! […] We had not imagined a meeting like that. It’s happiness,” declared Didier Roques, euphoric at the microphone of L’Équipe, a few minutes after the draw.
The ticket office for this poster of the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France was largely taken by storm by football fans in the region. The Castres Olympique website, which had put 2,000 seats on sale for the general public on January 1 at 2 p.m. – while the first tickets had been sold to licensees and partners – was saturated and inaccessible after a minute, then closed a few minutes later when all the places were sold. This match will therefore be played to a sold-out crowd in the Stade Pierre-Fabre, which can accommodate 12,000 spectators, where Castres Olympique usually plays in the Top 14. Meeting between Parisians and Revélois this Sunday, at 8:45 p.m.
