2023-11-07 11:54:35
If Nantes is no longer in the European Cup this season after playing in the Europa League last season, there remains the flavor of it with the Youth League, which promotes its training. French under-19 champion for the second consecutive year on June 4, having beaten PSG (2-1), Nantes returned to this event as champions and made it through the first round against KKS Lech Poznan (1-1, 0-0, 4-2 on the tabs).
On their return, on October 25, the Marcel-Saupin stadium was full and an entire club gathered to see Stéphane Moreau’s team pass by, including many professional players. Faced with the enthusiasm, the deputy general director of the FCN, Franck Kita, considered opening the Beaujoire free of charge this Wednesday evening for the second round first leg, at 7 p.m., against HJK Helsinki.
Last year, the Canaries failed at this stage of the competition
This Tuesday noon, nearly 12,000 reservations had been recorded, which will put this meeting in the top 10 of best attendances for a Youth League match, the record having been established during a Krasnodar – Real Madrid in 2017-2018 (32,510 spectators). It is also a record in this area in France for this competition.
This Nantes team includes two players who have already played professionally, defender Nathan Zézé (18 years old) and striker Stredair Appuah (19 years old). Defender Bastien Meupiyou (17 years old) left to compete in the Under-17 World Cup in Indonesia. Last season, Nantes did not make it through this second round, but there will be people to push this team towards the play-offs against a second group of “Champions League” clubs. This Tuesday, the match eve set-up is also taking place at La Beaujoire for the young Canaries. The return to Finland is scheduled for November 22.
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