an hour agoAmors from the microscopic island travel 10,000 miles [10 thousand km] to write their history in French football
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Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)If you want to travel 10,000 miles per match, of course you have to make sure that you write the story in the process. And that's exactly what this amateur team, JS Saint-Pierroise from Reunion Island to the Indian Ocean, did after it joined the 32 best teams in France's Cup. Reunion [...]
And that's exactly what this amateur team, JS Saint-Pierroise from Reunion Island to the Indian Ocean, did after it joined the 32 best teams in France's Cup.
The reunion is France's territory across the Ocean, and this has made this site legitimate to participate in competition, the Periscope broadcast.
On Saturday, this team will face the SAS Epineal, becoming only the second team across the ocean to arrive at this stage, behind the team from Guyana, A. SC Le Geldar.
Saint-Pierre has won Premier League in Reunion for five consecutive seasons, but this achievement is certainly the biggest success for the club.
To get here, amateurs from the Island had to beat the team from League 2, Niort, with a score of 2-1 as guests in the last round.
Beating a team from Second League is by no means easy, especially when we consider flying 11 hours to reach the goal of the match.
The 10,000-mile distance forced the club to travel to France a week earlier to avoid the fatigue before the match.
Otherwise, Reunion Island has an area of 2,511 square miles [2,511 sq km]. /Periscope. com/
