Soccer. Metz wins the derby against Nancy with Sylvain Marchal and Grégory Proment

Even in retirement, a derby against Nancy is not lost. A Metz team, notably welcoming in its ranks Sylvain Marchal and Grégory Proment, former professional players of FC Metz, participated this Tuesday in the final return of the Lorraine soccer championship. Winners 5-2 in Nancy last week, the Messins lost this time by one goal (8-9), but won the honorary title with the cumulative score (15-14).

“We scared ourselves,” admits Franck Airos, captain of the “Gadjos” – the nickname of the team –, also a member of the French military futsal team and the gendarmerie. For good reason, largely trailing at the break (7-2), the Moselle players managed to remobilize to try to pick up the score after returning from the locker room. “We came back with more technical accuracy and choosing to wait for them”, continues the licensee of AS Saint-Julien-lès-Metz (R2).

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Duel between generations

A paid change. Combative, the Messins obtained their deliverance thanks to their eighth achievement of the day, marked “two minutes before extra time”. This suspense scenario crowns a “team of friends, old people, who are there above all to have fun and continue to play”, believes Franck Airos. “I would also like to salute the young opposing team, very talented and with an irreproachable mentality. »

Now champions of Lorraine in their discipline, the “Gadjos” have no plans to deviate from their habits. Meetings with several Metz teams are already on the program. On the other hand, trying to afford the title of Grand Est champion does not tempt them more than that, especially if they have to travel. Exception was made for the double confrontation with Nancy. Sylvain Marchal and Grégory Proment were not going to miss another opportunity to beat the regional rival.

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