2023-12-16 05:41:25
The first trip of 2024 should take PSG to Castres. US Revel, a Regional 1 club (sixth division) which inherited the Parisians in the 32nd final of the Coupe de France, chose the Pierre-Fabre stadium, the usual venue for Castres rugby players in the Top 14, to host the reigning French champions Sunday January 7 (8:45 p.m.). A decision ratified during a meeting held this Thursday afternoon.
Two places were preferred by the leaders of Revel, whose stadium is not sized for this match, in the wake of the draw carried out on Monday: Toulouse and the Stadium of the TFC footballers, opposed on January 3 to the Parisians at the occasion of the Champions Trophy at the Parc des Princes, and Pierre-Fabre. The latter ended up winning for two reasons: proximity, since less than 30 km separate Castres from Revel, more than 50 km from Toulouse. And also lower financial risks for fans to fill a 12,000-seat stadium, where the Stadium can accommodate 33,000 spectators.
Meeting at the prefecture this Friday afternoon
But everything is not yet validated. A meeting will be held at the beginning of next week at the Tarn prefecture. This must still look into the security conditions of the organization of the meeting in a stadium while the Ministry of the Interior has, since the death of a Nantes supporter on the sidelines of the Nice reception, decided to prohibit the movement of supporters in matches classified as risky by the National Division for the Fight against Hooliganism (DNLH).
Furthermore, the final agreement is in the hands of the French Football Federation (FFF), which must decide whether or not the Castres Olympique venue is suitable for hosting this match. The municipality and the rugby club are, according to our information, not opposed to holding this meeting while the finalists of the Top 14 2022 will be traveling that weekend to the Racing 92 pitch, in Paris. La Défense Arena. The Parisian club, for its part, does not pose any obstacle to this choice.
This is the second time in a year that PSG is opposed to a Regional 1 team. In January 2023, Kylian Mbappé and his partners faced US Pays de Cassel, northern amateurs, at the Bollaert-Delelis stadium in Lens . The Parisians won (7-0) in a full stadium and left their share of the ticket office to the sixth division club.
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