Maximilien Carlier
It’s the resumption of amateur sport. At Etoile Sportive in Vendin-le-Vieil, near Lens in the Pas-de-Calais, the football players resumed training after a two-month summer break. For some, recovery is difficult. But, the effort is necessary so that they are all ready for their first match in two weeks.
A dozen players come out of the locker room, dressed in the club’s colors, green and black. All the amateur footballers of the Étoile Sportive de Vendin-le-Vieil, near Lens in the Pas-de-Calais, have put on their cleats. Marine is delighted to have the team back for this recovery. “It’s nice, we tell each other our anecdotes. Things that we didn’t say to each other for two months: the girls who will stay or not, the teams we will face… For two months, we didn’t do much, let’s say. So, we’re going to have a good time there, “she breathes with a smile.
“I don’t want us to stop, except to have a drink”
Alexandre, the coach, has prepared a training session with a lot of hard work. “There are some for whom it will be a little hard,” he explains on Europe 1. “I don’t want us to stop, except to have a drink. Alright, let’s resume. You have eaten a lot of ice cream, a lot of McDo. We will try to lose them quite quickly, “he says to the players before starting training, two weeks before their first Coupe de France match.
“They have to be physically ready”
After an hour of physical work, with cardio, 30 minutes of playing with the ball. Recovery is difficult for some. “It’s hard. It feels good to touch the ball. It hurts a little but it feels good all the same”, exclaims one of the players on Europe 1. And, “my players will have to be physically ready”, insists the coach. The countdown has begun: in less than two weeks, the players of Étoile Sportive de Vendin-le-Vieil will be playing their first big game of the season.