“Ligue 2? The challenge is not to climb there, it is to stay there”

It didn’t go very far. Fourth in the last National Championship, US Avranches narrowly missed out on Ligue 2 behind Pau FC and USL Dunkirk. An already remarkable performance for this “big little club”, as its historic president Gilbert Guérin likes to recall.

“Guingamp, which has the same size of town as us, has managed to do it”

The Norman club is also the subject of light in issue 334 of Onze Mondial, in July 2020. In the spotlight, the USA does not refrain from going to see above, as its leader confides. “If we can climb to Ligue 2, we will not deprive ourselves of it!” Announced Gilbert Guérin at the beginning of March, before moderating: “The challenge is not to climb there, it is to stay there. Guingamp, who is the same size of town as us, managed to do so. At the time, they had a leader who was a little stronger than what Guérin is and who is today. president of the French Football Federation (Noël Le Graët, editor’s note). But hey, as I often say, the difference between Guingamp and Avranches is the size of the president. I think I’ve been a good president for 31 years, but He’s a very good guy. That’s the difference, “laughs the pure Avranchinais.

An exclusive interview to be found in issue 334 of Onze Mondial of July 2020, available at the following address: https://shop.onzemondial.com/produit/numero-334-qui-sera-le-nouveau-mbappe/

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