Thick smoke, which gives the dilapidated and narrow room the look of an improvised hammam, rises through the door.
The heat that emanates from it is lost very quickly in the cold now well installed around the brick building that serves as changing rooms and clubhouse.
It is 9:20 p.m., and the first team of the Pays de Cassel has just completed its Wednesday evening training, five days before its long-awaited round of 16 against the imposing PSG, this Monday January 23 (8:45 p.m.).
Not enough to tender the northern amateurs, who change and winnow in music.
"I'm getting dressed, and I'm coming!"
“Launches us from inside Alexis Zmijak, wearing his briefcase.
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