In their wildest and most irrational dreams, fans of GFA Rumilly (N2, the fourth division), opposed this Tuesday in Toulouse, hope to play in the final of the Coupe de France. A single player on the team doesn't dream of it. And for good reason, he has already won it. It was May 3, 2014 under the Guingamp jersey. That evening against Rennes (2-1), Dorian Lévêque had played the whole meeting. Seven years later, since this winter, we find the defender in the Haut-Savoyard jersey at an age, 31, where early retirement in the amateur world is not exactly the norm. “In fact, when I left Guingamp in 2017,” he says, “I signed for PAOK Salonika but everything went wrong. I had two big injuries to my quadriceps and ankle. I only played one official game this season. Then,the club released me from my contract after the summer transfer window. "The time to find the professional world, he freelance in his training club, Annecy, before joining Le Mans in L2. But at the end of last season, stopped by the Covid-19 on the 28th day, Le Mans is relegated and Lévêque must come down from his professional chair.
"Sometimes the little ones win at the end"
“I haven't had any good offers,” he admits.
You have to be clear-headed: in France, I have the label of an injured and fragile player.
So when there was Rumilly's proposal, I didn't hesitate.
What interests me today is to seek pleasure not to come back to the pros.
I tell myself, too, that with all the physical glitches encountered in my career, it's still nice to be able to still play football.
When described as the cutting man of his club, he prefers to smile.
“In 2015, I also reached the semi-finals with Guingamp against Auxerre, he recalls.
But for me, the cutting man is the one who wins in several clubs.
I think of my former teammate Lionel Mathis.
He won four with Auxerre and Guingamp.
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The epic of Rumilly, obviously unexpected and unexpected, is lived in a certain anonymity since the team plays few meetings and moreover, behind closed doors.
“Except for a late match against the Marseille reserve, I only played in the cup,” explains Lévêque.
But don't think we're just going to make it to the quarter-finals.
Against Toulouse, it's playable!
Even though it will be hard, I want us to get that into our heads.
We can be humble and ambitious.
Frankly, in 2014, no one imagined a final success for Guingamp.
We were the little ones.
And sometimes the little ones win in the end.
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