Champions League: against RB Salzburg, Stade Brestois gives wings to young Breton footballers

Wednesday 02nd October 2024 02:10 PM

Who watched the match on Tuesday October 1? All hands go up, all the U10s and U11s were in front of the television watching this match “amazing”, the 4-0 victory of Stade Brestois in Salzburg in Austria on Tuesday October 1, their second success in two matches in the Champions League. The young footballers from AL Coataudon will start their training. And while Carla, Wahid, Mahdi, Arthur, Greg and Leonard go to get their ball for a juggling session, their coach, Sylvain Bonnefoy, notices that more and more of them are wearing the red or black jersey of the Stadium Brestois.

Children training right next to the Ty Zefs

There is also red in the background, since the UL Coataudon grounds are at the Kerlaurent stadium, just next to the Stade Brestois training center. When the times coincide, budding footballers see the Ty Zefs pass by and can grab a photo or an autograph.

Their new models? Sima and Bizot!

If their models remain Kylian Mbappé or Cristiano Ronaldo, they are now also inexhaustible on Pierre Lees-Mélou, Romain Del Castillo, Marco Bizot because he did Tuesday “one stop festival”Abadallah Sima, because “he runs fast, he knows how to score goals, he is physically strong, in passing, he is complete!“. Abdallah Sima, dont they imagine one day making the goal again against Gratz, in the first Champions League match, in return. “I would also like to make Ajorque’s pass, outside of the foot for Abdallah Sima who will score”, Sacha enthuses.

The U10 and U11 of UL Coataudon on their field, just in front of the Stade Brestois training center © Radio France –
Aurélie Lagain

“Stade Brestois, a good example”

But first, there is work, reminds coach Sylvain Bonnefoy: “The basis of football is good control and good passing. It’s not just victories that are important, you also have to produce good play. And that’s what we work on in training. “ Also work on the state of mindwith “a good example”that of Stade Brestois. “We see that when there is team cohesion and everyone works in the same direction, it helps to improve team performance.”

Work, progress and dreamsas for Carla, who dreams of herself “footballer. I want to play in the Champions League!”