€860. This is the amount that Philippe paid, “supporter of the Brest stadium since 1979”, to attend, this Tuesday 1is October 2024, in the Finistère club’s second match in the Champions League, in Salzburg, Austria.
By favoring the plane rather than the car or the train, Philippe ” broken [sa] piggy bank . But I didn’t want to miss the match the day before (Editor’s note: Guingamp-Caen, in Ligue 2, this Monday September 30), being a subscriber to the four Breton clubs (Stade Brestois, En Avant Guingamp, FC Lorient and Stade Rennais)”.
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Hook by the Oktoberfest
If they only follow the exploits of Brest players, other supporters interviewed by our editorial team, via an online call for testimonies, have also chosen this mode of transport. Thus, Clément, who is flying to Salzburg, or Cédric, who has chosen Munich as his destination, with the idea of completing the journey to Austria by train.
The Bavarian capital has in fact hosted, since September 21 and until October 6, the Oktoberfest, the famous beer festival that Mikaël, another supporter, would not have missed either, making all his trips by car .
“A dream come true”
Several of them took advantage of this first away match to go sightseeing in the region, such as Philippe (another), who visited Vienna with his wife for a few days. “Under very Brest weather”, specifies the one who now lives in the Antilles, and plans his annual vacation “depending on the club’s calendar”. Same for Jérémie and one of his friends who built “a seven-day stay around the match”.
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Conversely, others do not hesitate to complete this journey in record time, for the sole pleasure of supporting the Ty Zefs in the Champions League. Thus Arnaud, who will make the round trip over two days, by rail, with return train at 12:50 a.m., the match starting at 6:45 p.m.
For these club loyalists, it really doesn’t matter the cost or the time spent in transport. “This first European trip is historic,” summarizes Cédric, when for Aurélien, expatriate in Lyon since 2017, it is neither more nor less “a dream come true”.
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