Quarter-finalist of the Coupe de France last season after eliminating Toulouse and Monaco, FC Rouen challenges a new Ligue 1 ogre, this Friday, December 20, 2024. This time, it is Lille which comes to rub shoulders with the Red Devils in clear recovery of form.
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Three matches, three victories: Régis Brouard has so far had a perfect start to his reign at FC Rouen. Arriving at the beginning of November on the bench of the Red Devils, the former captain of SM Caen and coach of US Quevilly managed to transform a team which was no longer able to win.
Both demanding and close to his players, the 57-year-old coach found the words to wake up a team which had not been able to find the right fuel since the start of the National season.
“He’s a whole person, frank, with charisma, who always manages to transcend us in different matches.”details Valentin Sanson, central defender of the FCR, who has already played under the orders of Brouard during the Queville epics in the Coupe de France in 2010 and 2012.
Precisely, the two friends would like to renew a major course outside the championship. In Rouen, the recipe is well known, as evidenced by last year’s fabulous run. The Red Devils reached the quarter-finals after eliminating defending champion Toulouse and AS Monaco.
After having obtained the favors of the draw for its entry into the running, the FCR inherited one of the best French clubs in 32e of final. This Friday, he will challenge Lille in a Diochon stadium filled with a red people who only dream of a new exploit.
On the green rectangle side, Régis Brouard has a very precise idea of what he wants to see on the ground, and an equally defined roadmap for the winter transfer window. He wants to strengthen his team with experienced players capable of helping the FCR to reach a level quickly.
That’s good, the new management of the club wants to move quickly, very quickly, to climb as quickly as possible to the summits of French football, and more.
The ambition is a maximum of two years to be in Ligue 2, then two years to be in Ligue 1 and then a maximum of two or three years to be in the Champions League.
Iwan Postel, president of FC Rouen
Ambitious, megalomaniac or hothead depending on opinions: the new strong man of the Rouen club also aims to build a 40,000-seat stadium, entirely financed by private funds. “You might think he’s crazy, but it’s said. And when things are said, they are heard and listened toanalyzes Brouard. Now, are we going to make it? That’s another problem.“
The new FCR coach knows in any case what to expect, having passed through Nîmes, Niort, Red Star and Bastia, clubs where instability and uncertainty are a situation with which one must deal. learn to live. A sword of Damocles that does not hinder the achievement of exploits.
