Hand in hand and sneakers on your feet. Romain and Melvyn launch the challenge of their lives: To cover, by walking, the distance which separates the stadiums of their favorite club: the Parc des Princes for Melvyn, supporter of PSG, to the Vélodrome stadium, the second home of Romain, in love with OM and subscriber in the North bend.
Melvyn, PSG supporter: “show that you can love your club, adore it while doing things correctly, without insulting each other, or getting confused”
It is a project with a sporting and human goal. With the idea of sending a message: “ That a Parisian and a Marseille native can achieve great things, hand in hand, and not necessarily through rivalry or confrontation explains Melvyn, who loves the capital club. We want show that the values of sport and human values are much stronger than certain things.”
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“I can understand that, in this match, there is a lot of tension and that people are excited. But we want to show that we can love our club, adore it, while doing things correctly, without insult each other, or get confused selon Melvyn. There is no rivalry above that one and as it is the strongest, we want to show that we can get there, hand in hand, while being rivals.. »
A backpack, a tent, and the hope of being hosted by locals
These two supporters are leaving this Wednesday, October 9 for 17 stepslogically. They will cross France with stops planned in Melun (Seine-et-Marne, 77), Nemours (77), Montargis (Loiret, 45), Briare (45), Nevers (Nièvre, 58), Moulin (Allier, 03 ), Lapalisse (Loire, 42), Roanne (42) Saint-Etienne (42), Valence (Drôme, 36), Montélimar (36), Orange (Vaucluse, 84), Avignon (85), Salon-de-Provence ( Bouches-du-Rhône, 13) and Aix-en-Provence (13) before returning to the Vélodrome.
With a backpack and a tent, they plan to travel 40 km per day like the show Beijing Express, without knowing where they will sleep in the evening, at a local’s house or in their tent.