Maxence Sebban and Tendu, the love story

ECL Saint-Christophe (D2)
Tender (D3)

This story begins one evening in May 2014. On the lawn of the Gaston-Petit stadium, Argenton and Déols engage in a great fight in the final of the Coupe de l'Indre. As often, the Turquins will take the upper hand, facing a team led by Marc Giraudon and Romaric Boch (1-0). But one event could have changed everything, when Bonnet, goalkeeper of the winners, missed a corner. The ball will be saved on his line by Ballereau, after a recovery from Sebban.

“We wonder what we are doing here”

“It struck me”confides the person concerned. The striker, who subsequently won the Golden Boot in the colors of Villers, thus recalls good memories of an epic departmental cup. And here he is again at the round of 16 stage as player-president of a self-proclaimed team like “the weakest still in the running”. Indeed, the SC Tendu clearly appears as Tom Thumb because only 6^e from a Departmental 3 group dominated by Étrechet – who also challenges Le Blanc this Sunday.

“We are happy to be here obviously but we wonder what we are doing hereunderlines Maxence Sebban. When we registered, we hoped to get through two or three rounds but we are very lucky with the draws. » Indeed, to get there, Tendu did not have to do any great feats, eliminating Coings-Céré (5-1) and Luant in the previous round (5-1). For a place in the quarter-finals, the Tendunois will go this Sunday, January 5 to ECL Saint-Christophe (D2) with perhaps a chance to play: “We have nothing to lose. There will be no shame in not passing”.

“Piqued” by the atmosphere of a village club

Because the club is currently experiencing its best run in the Indre Cup, three years after building a team. A project of which Maxence Sebban is at the origin. After stopping his playing career in 2019 to focus on his entrepreneurial project, the striker “bought a house in Tendu”. Discovering a club “human village”he got into the game: “It stung. Then I called back friends who had played at the regional or D1 level. Most did not know how to place the commune on a map”.

And we left with a team made up of thirty-somethings. “We have a refugee as a guardhe describes. And we kept a few original players, who were there when the club would sometimes play eight-a-side and often volleyed. » Now 36, Maxence Sebban prefers to follow the matches from the stands. But the president is applying to be on the scoresheet this Sunday: “I hope to be on the bench, I can help out for 15/20 minutes but I play less as I get older”. But he might still be capable of a paw.

This Sunday, January 5 at 2 p.m. at the Max-Ploquin stadium in Châteauroux.