Impatient to find his place and his habits, but serene at dawn to reinvest the Mosson after two years of deprivation. Sylvain, spokesperson for Butte Paillade, jokingly stating “went to rehearsal” just before answering us, but promise that fan chants are like cycling and “are not forgotten”.
He also asserts that the return of his troopsalongside those of the Armata Ultras, will be synonymous with “happy mess”, without revealing the content, but hinting that he and his men will put “fire”, whereas the members of the Butte Paillade have made an appointment, this Saturday morning at 10 a.m., “to set up a little animation, at the level of the choreography”, that the public will discover just before the kick-off of Montpellier – Brest (3 p.m.).
From the balm to the heart to everyone
Sunday afternoon, before entering inside the enclosure, a call has also been made by the BP91 to the “orange and blue people” open to “all those who feel concerned, for a giant procession to the stadium”from the Mosson roundabout, from 1:34 p.m.
In contrast, Sylvain warns : “You shouldn’t expect a bigger crowd because you’re coming back, you shouldn’t dream. But you should expect to have a supervised stand, with a supervised tifoserie and people who will know what to do during the whole match. For 90 minutes, it will sing and it will be a party. It will do good and it will give everyone heart balm, whether it is the supporters in the other stands, the club and also the players.“.
Der Zakarian applauded
The 30th day of the League is also marked by another return: that of Michel Der Zakarian, former MHSC coach to whom a warm welcome should be reserved: “of course it will be applauded, in any case it will not be hissed. He’s a good person and a gentleman, let’s say. I would have preferred to see him arrive with another club than Brest, for him. But we have very good memories with Michel Der Zakarian“.
And if the reunion with the Brest coach promises to be warm, the manager of BP91 ensures that those with the Hérault public will also take place in a good mood. Indeed, the return of the ultras means the displacement of the supporters who had occupied their positions during their absence: “It will happen as it has always happened, we will take our place. And if there are any that I may have offended (Sylvain had called some supporters “pilgrims”, editor’s note), they come and tell me and we’ll explain. But I really didn’t want to hurt, it’s an expression, we’re in the south (laughs). Afterwards, you know, we were insulted by Louis Nicollin for years, and that didn’t mean we didn’t like him..”
The return of trips too!
Ultras from Butte Paillade and Armata Ultras wanted to sign their return during Bordeaux-Montpellier, a fortnight ago, but the prefecture of Gironde decided otherwise, with a decree dropped a few days before the match.
It is therefore towards the Veodromenext week, what will be the first trip of the season: “We have reserved buses and we are going to Marseille”says Sylvain, who also deplores the limit set at 250 people : “It’s a bit of a shame, when we know that the Marseilles come with large groups to us (…) The last big trip to Marseille for our return to the elite, we were 2.4000 and we heard that we in the stadium. Since then, maybe they grit their teeth a bit and they limit.”