Only 64 kilometers separate Guingamp from Pontivy. And usually, some supporters are more Red from the Forward than Yellow Stadium. This is the case of this supporter came to buy tickets for the match between the Stade Pontivyen and his neighbor Guingampais, on behalf of the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France.
"I'm familiar with the Roudourou (Guingamp Stadium, not a Pokémon, ed) because I'm for Guingamp," she laughs at the microphone Europe 1. But here, I'll support Pontivy, I'll leave my flag at home Guingamp. " And they are several dozens to have moved to the kiosk to recover the famous sesames.
"It's great, there is an extraordinary craze." "We continue to sell, 6,000 tickets have already left, announces Hervé, a volunteer who manages the ticket office.We could have thought maybe a little better, but we do not know the places sold on Guingamp." One thing is certain, this confrontation with the neighbor Guingampais stimulated the city: "Every day we sold something, it's great, there's an extraordinary craze, I've never seen that, I had a only when Pontivyen Stadium went to the round of 16 in 1953 (laughs) I only knew this through the archives. "
"We play against friends". In any case, the president of the stadium Pontivyen Mickaël Le Sauce sees similarities with his opponent. "This Guingamp club for us in Pontivy is a lot, it's a city of 8000 inhabitants, we are 14 000. We have the same state of mind, I met President Bertrand Desplat, I was We played against friends and we have a lot of players from our home who were at Guingamp training center, for them it's really cool. " And among them, goalkeeper Malo Rolland.
Miss Rolland, schizophrenic whooping-cough. More than a match, the yellow goalkeeper will find his second family, the Reds of the En Avant. This pure Pontivyen did his training and fingered the professionalism with Guingamp. He was even 3rd goalkeeper for six months under the thumb of Jocelyn Gourvenec but never had the opportunity to play a game with the pros. Guingampais 14 to 21 years old, he returned to the Stade Pontivyen a short time ago.
"It's a huge joy, a special feeling to go to Roudourou, where for 7 years, I dreamed of playing with the colors of the guingampaises," he says to Europe 1. "I'll go once with the pontivyen colors, it will be a memorable moment. " All the more memorable as the week, Malo Rolland works ... for the En Avant-Guingamp, he is responsible for the pre-training goalkeepers (months of 12 years at least 15 years, editor's note). "I have not changed my habits, I'm going to see the EAG pros in training, I'm a team-mate and I'm trying to stay in my bubble despite the context."
But out of questions to flinch, the image of Malo Rolland, Stade Pontivyen dreams of bringing down his neighbor - or buddy - guingampais and thus open the way for the GSI Pontivy, which she will challenge Sunday Paris Saint-Germain .