Legend: At 40, Vincent Boishardy experienced one last special Saturday, celebrating it with 1,500 spectators, with his partners from Plaintel Sports (R2) in the 5th round of the French Cup, against US Concarneau (National).
“We knew it was going to be a great party. In our mind, when we went to the warm-up and in the pre-match chat, we were going to do something against Concarneau. Afterwards, when you face a team four notches above, between what we want to do and what we can do on the ground, there is a gap. We played with our own weapons, which are not the same as Concarneau. even score the first goal in this match, if we score it, it can lead to a different form of match Afterwards, Concarneau, they make a bar, a post in the first half, we can take heavier at the break.
Having left with the sacrosanct Sunday afternoon match, for four years in recreational football, Vincent Boishardy made an unusual choice, at the age of 39, to return to senior football, and pass on to young people what he even experienced being the last link of Plaintel Sports with its DH era and its victory in the Brittany Cup against TA Rennes, at the beginning of the 2010s.
“It was a super nice match, a crazy atmosphere in the stadium. I’m from Plaintel, I had never played in front of so many people. Our complex is recent, when we play in DH, there I had good derbies, in front of a lot of people, but never as many as this Saturday against Concarneau. I stopped playing football at 33, I stopped playing as a senior because there was work. family life. I took up recreational football for 4 years. I came back last year as a senior. Did you miss competition? Now, my children are older. also find more time for myself”
Running as if he were 20 years old on the pitch for an hour of play against Concarneau, he gave everything like his team to rise to the occasion. The difference was felt on the pitch, but the Plaintelais were really in the perfect spirit of this match, which was a complete party from start to finish.
“I’m reaching 40, I had a half-time in my legs. At this level, it’s too complicated to be at a high pace for 90 minutes. Yes, we enjoy it. During the warm-up , there’s a lot of fun when the players enter the field, obviously too. Afterwards, when you’re in the match, you’re in the match. Sometimes, in this type of match, you have shots. bamboos, you look up and you see all these people at the stadium, the U17s, U15s, all the young people from the club at the stadium, who never stop encouraging you, it gives a second wind on the pitch In a more normal match,. I will have only done 45 minutes, and now we have a quarter of an hour more in our legs”
Born in Plaintel, trained in Plaintel, to then converge on the department’s flagship club, En Avant de Guingamp in training (-13, -14, -15 years), Vincent Boishardy, 40 years old, also played in CFA, at AS Vitré to stabilize at Plaintel, with the crazy rise of the Plaintelais from the DRH to the DH from 2010 to 2013.
“I had good years at Plaintel. At 40, you start playing with the sons of my teammates at the time. Before, I played with their fathers, now, I play with their sons. For example? David Epivent, I played with David, in DH, now, I play with his son, Romain, the left side Fred Gouedard, the 6th is his son, Evan (very good player). For me, I was 23 years apart from the youngest in my team, in the match of this 5th round, the border is fine, because they are only good young people. Plaintel, to have youth teams, which are starting to come up. I was a youth educator, I also have my cousins (Nino Martinet), who play in U18 and who will arrive as seniors.
Also returning to this Concarne team, which even without having had a great match, displayed unfailing seriousness, he almost comes full circle on this season, with this reference match at home, against his team in this last 5th round of the French Cup.
“Concarneau, what impressed me was their general attitude, the serenity. They never panic, but if sometimes they are in a little difficulty, they restart cleanly. Beyond the athletic, physical difference , it’s the calm that shines through on the pitch. I had the chance to win an Ange Lemée Cup, a Brittany Cup against TA Rennes with Plaintel. We also played in Avranches (CFA 2) in the Cup. France. Sportingly, with the victory in the Brittany Cup, this match against Concarneau will remain as the best memory of my career. I just missed this type of match at home against a very big team. is good, I can stop (laughs)”concludes Vincent Boishardy.
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