“Go dragons”. For Hugo, 8, a few hours from the quarter-final first leg of the ice hockey champions league, the slogan is quite simple. And it’s a bit the same for all supporters. This Tuesday, at 6 p.m. French time, the Rouen from Rouen Hockey Elite (RHE) face the Finns from the Tappara team, at their home in Tempere. But even from a distance the dragons can count on their supporters.
“I’m confident”
“I am confident, assures Nicolas, who has been following Rouen for three seasons. We will encourage them from afar. They are in Finland, we are going to stay in France but we are going to support them all the same. I’m totally into it. “
“It’s not going to be an easy game but it is the first French team to reach this stage of the competition so you have to be on the ball to represent French hockey”, analysis for his part Rodolphe. It is indeed a historic match that Rouen hockey players are preparing to play. No French team has ever managed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the ice hockey champions league.
“Even if they lose, we will all be behind them”
“I think it’s going to be difficult, especially since the first game is away, fears Jean-Marc, subscriber for ten years to the dragons of Rouen. Everything will depend on the result they are going to do there. They must not crack in defense and take lots of goals there otherwise the return match will be complicated. We keep our fingers crossed for them, it is already historic what they did so even if they lose we will all be behind them. “
It doesn’t matter what the outcome of the first leg is for the supporters. Many have already reserved their places for the return match, which will be played on December 14, at the Ile Lacroix ice rink.