During the Ligue 1 match against FC Nantes last Sunday, Stade Brestois supporters displayed a banner with the inscription “We don’t want the Stade de France!” “. A way for the Ti-Zefs to voice their dissatisfaction with a possible relocation to the Stade de France of the Champions League knockout matches which await the Brestois after their incredible run in the league phase.
The Breton club would indeed like to change arena because Roudourou de Guingamps where it plays “at home” does not meet the specifications for the final phase. An unacceptable prospect for supporters. “We were taken aback to see that the club management could boast of playing “at home” more than 600 kilometers from its local grounds,” write the members of Celtic Ultras 2001 in a press release published on A match during the week, in Paris, in a stadium devoid of charm and popular atmosphere, the Stade de France is not the solution for the people of Brest for this future historic match that everyone here wants in the stands. »
A complicated context between the club management and the ultras
However, the Brest ultras had the greatest difficulty getting their message across. In this same press release they explain that the club’s security manager initially refused his entry into the stadium. Then, once deployed in the 30th minute of the match against Nantes, the club stewards and employees “rushed to snatch it”.
The Celtic Ultras 2001 speak of “unacceptable censorship”. Despite the great epic in the Champions League, the rag is burning again between the ultras and the management of Stade Brestois, who often maintain tense relations, in particular because of the use of smoke bombs.
This episode of the banner is not going to help the situation. While waiting to know the future of Brest in the Champions League, supporters still hope to “continue all together to dream of European atmospheres even in the middle of the week”.
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