From pizza maker to hero of Brest in the Champions League, the incredible journey of Julien Le Cardinal

Before this new night of European magic of which he was one of the heroes, the Brest defender experienced amateur football, the double life between crampons and work, a busy schedule, struggles before a meteoric rise. At the age of 20, when his career was just launching, Le Cardinal took on odd jobs: first as an order picker in a warehouse, then a pizza maker and salesman at the Saint-Brieuc station (Côtes-d'Armor), he even knew experience in a Breton crepe factory and finally as a forklift driver. Financially, the end of the month is complicated: 150 euros in compensation from the club and around 1,100 euros in salary.