Charles Guyard, edited by Laura Laplaud 08:55, February 23, 2023

It's the meeting that a whole city has been waiting for for years: this Thursday evening, FC Nantes receives Juventus Turin in the Europa League return play-off.

A gala poster which causes great expectation, especially since on the way to Italy, the Canaries snatched a 1-1 draw.

Everything remains open.

Match at the top this Thursday evening for the people of Nantes at La Beaujoire.

After a superb draw against Juventus Turin, the Canaries dream of a feat, qualifying for the knockout stages of the Europa League.

For that, it will be necessary to defeat the Italian giants.

After more than 20 years away from European land, the temperature is rising in Nantes, where the Europe 1 correspondent met the supporters.

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"It's going to be something crazy!"

"My father had seen Nantes-Juventus in 1996, now it's my turn".

Each generation has its date with history.

And for Amaury, 20, the moment has finally arrived: this Thursday evening in a packed stadium.

"Given the requests, we could have filled Beaujoire at least three times," says Nicolas Checcacci, ticketing manager at the club.

34,500 lucky people managed to obtain the precious sesame for this Nantes-Juventus Turin which is arousing great enthusiasm throughout the city.

"Everyone is talking about it, everyone has been waiting for this event for a long time. It's going to be something crazy!", "It's going to be shielded everywhere, a big tide and a blocked device", say these supporters.

Fans marched to the FC Nantes store

In the absence of a feat on the field, this match is already an excellent operation on the merchandising side.

"The enthusiasm has been really magnificent around our home shirt. There is no longer any", continues Nicolas Checcacci.

Despite this shortage of stock, Nantes fans marched all day Wednesday at the store.

"I came to take my little Nantes-Juventus scarf," says Amaury.

A collector's scarf sold for 22 euros that the young man will know how to bring out if history repeats itself in the more or less near future.

"That way, if my children do another Juventus-Nantes, I could show mine," he smiles.