Stade Toulousain President Didier Lacroix spoke on Tuesday, June 22, delighted that the Stade de France is welcoming 14,000 spectators.
We were waiting for Jerome Kaino, it’s finally Didier Lacroix. “Hello”, launched the president of Stade Toulousain, passing his head in the press conference room on Tuesday to Ernest-Wallon. It was with a big smile that the strong man of the club sat down on the platform. Normal, a few minutes earlier, Matignon announced that the gauge of spectators present at the Stade de France for the final increased from 5,000 to 14,000. A boon for the Stadistes who rely on their supporters to proudly wear the colors “red and black” in the capital. For more than thirty minutes, Lacroix confided (at length) before the last game of the season.
The gauge increased to 14,000 spectators at the Stade de France
“We are delighted with this increase in the gauge. We have 2,500 additional places reserved for us (3,300 in total). We will therefore mobilize our most loyal supporters (subscribers, partners). I will disappoint you, but a decision like this one did not take the bend of a box, with the chance to have a Prime Minister present to attend the semi-final (Jean Castex was in Lille, Saturday, to follow the meeting between Toulouse and the ‘UBB). It has been a collective process for a good number of weeks, linked to last minute decisions depending on the context and figures linked to the evolution of the health crisis. I hope there will be more 2,500 supporters of the Stadium because there are a lot of them in Paris and in the whole of France. Even if the Rochelais are very strong also at the level of the supporters, we will defend ourselves. We can expect to have at least a shared stadium or even and I hope, a stadium acquired for the cause of Toulouse, but this is not what we win a game on. “
The final against La Rochelle
“I always try to evoke the notion of match with the notion of pleasure. Our first choice is to win and we like to win with a minimum of form. I’m not saying that others take other paths , but what we try to do – and this is the pre-match speech regularly – is the notion of pleasure. The players are between 18 and 35 years old, in the prime of their lives, they have a magnificent life and know that they are privileged, so when they enter the field, they have to do it with desire, with pleasure and that this pleasure be communicative. […] The meeting that we give Friday, Saturday and I hope for the whole summer is to give pleasure to people. And in a moment when everyone has… (hesitates), I was going to be rude. Where everyone has really drooled, we want to give them that bit of spring that we all expect. “
The return of the heroes to Toulouse
“There are meetings in the prefecture to plan the return of the players. But it is unthinkable that we wait another minute to meet the Toulouse public again so we are preparing something. The Place du Capitole is in progress. work, there is scaffolding so it does not seem to be the ideal place, even if it is so symbolic. I do not hide from you that there will be something with Toulouse from Saturday, that’s for sure. sincerely think that it can be magnificent. Whatever happens there will be a communion with the public to show the European Cup and if it is not alone, the celebration will be even stronger. I think this group, for what he has done these last 18 months, and the Toulouse for what they have undergone during these last 18 months, deserve that there is an exceptional meeting. I hope that we will have all the ingredients so that it is. “
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