PSG will face the modest Espaly team (N3) this Wednesday evening in Clermont in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. And the Altiligère club has decided to bring its own cages into the lair of ASM Clermont Auvergne.
The magic of the Coupe de France will return this Tuesday with the start of the round of 16. PSG will play on Wednesday evening in Clermont at the Marcel-Michelin stadium, the home of ASM Clermont Auvergne. Luis Enrique’s gang will face FC Espaly, who play in National 3 and who were held in check this weekend by FC Bourgoin-Jallieu (1-1), who will face OL in the 16th round. final of the Coupe de France.
FC Espaly usually plays in its picturesque Viouzou stadium located on an old quarry. But the stadium, which can accommodate around 450 people, is not up to standard to accommodate a team like PSG and the Auvergne club therefore opted for Clermont and the Marcel-Michelin stadium, which filled up in a few hours after the places on sale and which will accommodate around 15,000 people.
“We do this so that the goals bring us luck”
Among the folklore that often surrounds this type of meeting between an amateur club and a giant like PSG, FC Espaly has decided to bring its own cages to Clermont. The transport of the goals took place this Monday morning and took place without incident, as the amateur club clearly displayed on its social networks.
At the microphone of France 3, the president of FC Espaly justified this unusual decision: “There were no goals at the Marcel-Michelin stadium and we had to find a solution. We preferred to take our own rather than finding impersonal goals. These goals have sentimental value. It is the soul of Viouzou that will influence Michelin”confided Christian Perbet.
Member of the management of the Auvergne club, Jacky Malige wants to believe in the magical power of these cages: “One day we will say that these goals will have been useful against Paris Saint-Germain. We had to bring a little something from here. The nets are red, in the club’s colors (…) It’s the only thing you can take to the Marcel-Michelin stadium. We do this so that the goals bring us luck. We will take them to the final at the Stade de France”.
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