Par Hervé Pittoni
Published on 22 May 22 at 15:06
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Giving young players from the Pays de Fougères the opportunity to play one day against their counterparts from Ligue 1 clubs or, even better, against foreign clubs at European level: this is the challenge that the team of organization of the André Coquelin cup, in Maen Roch, on June 4 and 5.
This is how young people from FC Fougères and Stade Saint-Aubinais will meet Juventus Turin and Sporting Portugal (Lisbon), which ASC Romagne will play Sco d’Angersthe CF2L l’OGC Niceetc.
Because the year 2022 is a year of novelties for the gathering of U 9 players: “first we are opening up internationally. It was planned last year but in February 2021 we canceled the ACC due to the Covid, as in 2020 ”locates Jean-François Chevrier, one of the organizers.
2020 was also the year when the young people of Olympique de Marseille and AS Monaco were to come, which could not be done this year.
–Italy, Portugal, Nigeria..
The poster will still be beautiful with five foreign clubs: Turin, Lisbonne, Braga (Portugal), Karlsburg (Germany) and the DOV academy in Llorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
A team invited within the framework of family relations of one of the organizers of the ACC. “FC Porto and Arsenal were also ready to come but we had to stay within our budget (€50,000) and in England it will be a holiday period”.
Also present are teams from French pro clubs: Reims, Montpellier, Angers, Red Star, Caen, Nice, Ajaccio, Nancy and Auxerre.
–We go to two days
Another novelty: the tournament has been extended to two days, from Saturday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. “This will make it possible to spread out the matches of the sixty teams and above all to give the delegations time to meet and discuss” appreciates Sylvain Leluyer. “Because the values of the ACC are of course the sportsman, but they are also the meeting, the conviviality”.
An example ? Fifty families have agreed to host one or two players from distant clubs over the weekend.
“It’s a request we make to local clubs who want to come to the tournament. Without their help, we couldn’t organize the ACC” appreciates Jean-François Chevrier.
The delegations of foreign clubs will be accommodated at the Le Lion d’or hotel in Maen Roch, and the other teams have found hotels and lodges in the surrounding area.
“The delegations are made up of eight players and educators, but some families will also come. This is the case for Braga, Sporting, Ajaccio, Nancy…” A real impact on the local economy highlighted by the organizers.
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