“The whole city is decked out in the colors of US Revel,” enthuses Didier Roques, president of the amateur football club which faces PSG on Sunday in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France.
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“It’s the match of a lifetime”declared on franceinfo Didier Roques, the president of the amateur club of Revel (Haute-Garonne), a Regional 1 club located in Occitanie, and which faces PSG, leader of Ligue 1, Sunday January 7 in the 32nd final of the Cup of France.
“A 32nd (final) had already arrived in our city”, says Didier Roques, “it’s been over 60 years, it was in 1962”. The town of Revel played along for the occasion, with “the little belfry lit up in the club’s colors, there was a window display competition, the whole city is decked out in the colors of the US Revel”says the president of the Haut-Garonnais club.
During the week, the children from Revel school even sent a message to Kylian Mbappé, asking him to play this match, for fear of seeing a PSG B team arrive at the Castres stadium. “We know that you are trembling at the idea of moving to Revel”can we hear from the mouth of a child who calls out to the French international in a video. “It was a humorous way of begging him to come.”, smiles Didier Roques. The Parisian club confirmed that the club’s top scorer was indeed listed on the scoresheet. “We are very happy that he is coming”reacts Didier Roques.
We take it as a huge form of respect for the US Revel to have great players coming to meet us.
Didier Roques, president of the US Revel clubon franceinfo
Since Saturday evening, the amateur players of the US Revel “isolated themselves” of “this media madness” to best prepare for this meeting against the Ligue 1 leader, kick-off at 8:45 p.m. “They are calm and serene,” assures the president of US Revel.