SC Abbeville won against Marcq-en-Baroeul (4-1). The AFC Creil players, for their part, won against Lille in penalties (1-1, 2-2, 3-1).
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It’s a historic afternoon for the young U18s from SC Abbeville and AFC Creil. The two teams reach the round of 16 of the Gambardella Cup for the first time in their history.
As a reminder, Abbeville won against Marcq-en-Baroeul (4-1) while AFC Creil won on penalties against Lille this Sunday January 12.
For Dominique Stravius, coach of SC Abbeville, “when we watch the match, we see that the qualification is well deserved, we played with a lot of desire“against a team that”was superior“He sees in this victory.”a reward for what we have been doing for quite some time“.
Because this winning match did not fall from the sky, it is the fruit of years of work and training. “We’ve been together for three years, we had some good times with the rise to U16 and by winning the championship last year, we went to an international tournament. We take the steps one after the other“.
The Gambardella Cup is a tournament that “held dear“to the players, allowing them”to prove too, because we have players who are of a very high level“.
Such a victory”does good” et “gives confidence“But it is not an end in itself. We must now use it to try.”to play matches in the future“Next week, SC Abbeville will go to Arras.”We are not very well ranked, but the championship is not over, we also have a game in hand so that can allow us to bounce back in the championship and take a lot of points“, concludes Dominique Stravius.
On the AFC Creil side, the joy was also palpable. On their Facebook page, the club highlighted that the “Creillois succeeded in their bet by eliminating LOSC“and also congratulated the players and staff”which mark the history of the club even more“.
See you in the round of 16 to see if the two clubs will continue to make more history.
