Back to earth. After the incredible joy felt Monday evening in the east of Haute-Garonne during the draw for the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France, it is time for the leaders of l’US Revel to refine the reception of Paris Saint-Germain, the weekend of January 6-7. “You take me on the fly, I arrived at the club headquarters,” Didier Roques, the president of the resident of Regional 1 (sixth division), replied to us this Tuesday followingnoon. We begin the preparation meetings. It’s going to be something tough and you shouldn’t miss it. »

In the pretty bastide of around 10,000 inhabitants, there is already excitement, and the club has published a press release on Facebook to try to calm the flow of requests. “We received hundreds of calls,” explains the manager. We do not yet know the exact date, location or time of the match. Let’s not rush. »

One thing is certain: the most prestigious match in the history of the venerable club, born in 1910, will not take place at the municipal stadium, with a maximum capacity of 1,500 inhabitants. “The elected officials took charge of this matter,” continues Didier Roques. Priority is given to Castres. We will try to have the Pierre-Fabre stadium, if possible. Because this must correspond to the specifications of the FFF. » The Tarn enclosure is located only 30 km from Revel, compared to 60 km for the Toulouse Stadium, which the most enthusiastic local supporters were already dreaming of.

The choice of wisdom

“We must remain lucid,” explains the president, who must manage a budget of 240,000 euros. Paris is attractive, that’s for sure, but we are Revel. It is not at all certain that we will fill the Stadium [environ 32.000 spectateurs]. And if you don’t fill it out, as rental is very expensive, it’s not necessarily interesting. It is better to take a stadium with 10,000 or 12,000 seats like Pierre-Fabre and fill it. »

The usual setting for the rugby players of Castres Olympique (who will play away that weekend, with Racing 92 in the Top 14) might therefore become the theater of the dreams of Revélois, authors of an incredible season: they occupy the head of their R1 group with only one defeat, while they are promoted. “R1 players will be confronted with the best that is done professionally,” explains Didier Roques. They are competitors, they will give everything but we are lucid. »

Whatever the fate that Kylian Mbappé’s gang has in store for that of Cédric Garcia, the Haut-Garonne captain, the USR has already equaled its best run in the Coupe de France: in 1961-1962, the team, then in D3 , was eliminated in the 32nd finals, with honors, by Olympique Lyonnais (3-2). Such a narrow defeat once morest PSG would undoubtedly be celebrated as a victory in early January, in the city of birth of Get 27.