The emotional lift was intense on Christmas Day among CAB supporters. First cold picked by a very well-licked video on three new players who have signed and three extra times, they received the alert on social networks. And it didn’t make them happy at all. “Due to the health situation of the ASM Clermont workforce, following new tests, the Brive-Clermont match is postponed” indicates the National Rugby League in a press release. On Twitter, they are having a blast.
“It was a party, then nothing at all”
Corentin is a student in Toulouse. He returned to Corrèze for the holidays, and was happy to see his favorite team play in a long-awaited derby. “We check this match when we are a fan of Brive or Clermont” he explains, “It’s kind of our game of the year and it was going well this year, during the holidays.” And then patatras! At 1 p.m., we learn that the match is postponed. “Everything collapses” for this young man and his family who had planned to go see the game. “The weekend is going to end a little earlier than expected“explains, a little resigned, the supporter, who will plan to return to Corrèze for the match, when it will be rescheduled. “But, if is during the week” he warns, “not sure that we can break free or that the stadium is full at that time.”
Nearly 1,000 place settings not served for partners
This is the question also posed by Julien Serventie. Caterer in Corrèze, in Varetz, he planned to serve foie gras and morels, among others, for nearly 1,000 people. Service canceled ipso facto by this postponement. “Everything was ready” plague the professional: “we had organized the tables, put in hydroalcoholic gel, no more than six people per table, we had the prefectural agreements to organize this at the Espace des Trois Provinces and at the Espace Derichebourg …” But, this Sunday, no one will be present. “I do not understand the National Rugby League, to announce this 24 hours before …”
Xavier Ric is also in question this evening. “It is not easy to manage” explains in an interview with France Bleu Limousin the general manager of CA Brive. “Officially, neither the League, nor our friends in Clermont communicated with us during the week concerning positive cases of covid in them. As for the other two games postponed, they were postponed 24 to 48 hours before us. That’s what pissed us off a little “ he concludes. In any case, the leader addresses his pain and his sadness to all the supporters who had planned to go to the Stadium. While expressing his great disappointment. “It’s a big slap” he believes.