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Aurélien Burban
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Dec 14 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
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43,000 views on Youtube and more than 1,500 spectators: here, in figures, the audience and attendance of a final regional tour of Gambardella Cup. What’s more, a derby, in Morbihan, between the two clubs of Pontivythe Stadium and the GSI.
Balanced confrontation, filmed, and recounted in the video of a well-known amateur football YouTuber, Basile Brigandet known as “Stadito”. It is he who captures the dream scenario of the young Black and Gold: a goal in the last minutes against their lifelong rival. This is how the U18 team from Stade Pontivyen qualified for the first federal round of the competition.
“No question of changing the habits of the group”
This derby finished, and a victory scored in the championship against Coataudon Guipavas (5-2), gives way to a new challenge for the men of Brieuc Razer.
The objective has already been achieved by reaching this stage of the competition. But the U18 team wants to continue its epic.
It’s a different team than in the championship. There is a real osmosis around Gambardella. Reaching the 32nd finals would be the second time in the club’s history.
But for the defender of the senior team, “there is no question of changing the habits of the group”. Playing at Faubourg de Verdun is done! Playing with the Gambardella Cup jerseys will be done this Saturday, December 14, 2024, in Toulboubou, at 6 p.m.
A flawless performance on December 7 and 8
The Stade team has nothing to envy of its opponent from Finistère. “This course is the result of work carried out by educators for five or six years,” recalls Brieuc.
As proof, all the club’s youth teams are playing at league level from January: the U17s are leaders of R1, the U16s reach R2, the U15s remain in R1 and the U14s are on the verge of reaching the division. regional. Note that the Stade Pontivyen experienced an almost perfect weekend of December 7 and 8 with only victories in all categories, apart from a draw for the senior reserve.
A national U19 team opposite
The squad must not let themselves be intoxicated by the challenge facing a great formation from Saint-Renan. “It evolves in R2, but appearances are deceiving. It is also a team that also plays in the national U19. This is why she is only now entering the competition,” reveals Brieuc.
The technician of the young Noir et Or invites caution against “very good individuals” from a superb 2006 generation. “Many young people from the club were trained at Stade Brestois previously. »
It is therefore “into the unknown” that the Pontivyen Stadium is launching itself. However, not when it comes to the Toulboubou synthetic turf that the U18s regularly use. “We also carried out a session on this pitch on Friday evening,” reveals the Pontivy coach.
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