Lionel Gougelot (in Cassel), edited by Laura Laplaud 09:38, January 22, 2023

Paris Saint-Germain will face sixth-division club US Pays de Cassel in the Round of 16 on Monday at the Bollaert stadium in Lens.

A poster that delights the fans and players of the amateur club who will be nearly 38,000 in the stands.

Unheard of since the Calais adventure in 2000.

On Monday, the small club from the Pays de Cassel, equivalent to the 6th division, will face Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France.

The Pays de Cassel is a club that brings together six villages around the town of Cassel in the Nord department.

These amateur players will cross paths with Neymar, Messi and Mbappé for a meeting that arouses incredible enthusiasm.

Tickets sold out as soon as they went on sale.

Result: nearly 38,000 spectators are expected at the Bollaert stadium in Lens where the match will take place.

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"We will be there !"

All week in training, the Cassel players were literally attacked by autograph hunters.

"We're running after to get autographs! The problem is that we don't know who we signed," laughs this fan.

It's a real fever that seized the supporters of this small sixth division club.

"It's historic! We didn't think we would have such a craze like that. And then hey, PSG against Cassel, it's great. Monday, we'll be there!"

she continues at the microphone of Europe 1.

For this historic match, the stadium will be full

For this clash of extremes, the Bollaert stadium in Lens will be full.

"It's only happiness, it's a dream... And all these kids come to congratulate me, to shake my hand, to thank me, they are all inhabited!"

comments the vice-president of Cassel, Alain Bogaert, on a small cloud.

Children who already have stars in their eyes.

"It may be the only time in our lives that we will see this. I think we will have to live the moment to the fullest and I hope that the Pays de Cassel will develop its game and that the players will not not really feel like playing against PSG", confides this young fan at the microphone of Europe 1. Whatever the result, this match will remain in all memories whatever happens.