Hugo Julien: a Lannionnais “at home” Sunday at Roudourou against Toulouse
Trained at Guingamp, regular holder since last year at Lannion, Hugo Julien is preparing to live a “childhood dream” on Sunday against Toulouse FC. At only 19 years old.
French Cup (32nd). Lannion FC (N3) – Toulouse FC (L1), Sunday (6 p.m.) at Roudourou
He is a “child from here”. A forward game. There are start in U6. He stayed there until U15. In short, he is a Guingampais, a real one. For further proof, his father, Jean-René, lives 400 m “no more” from Roudourou. While his mother lives in Pabu, “just next door”.
“The pitch is where I feel the best”
Hugo Julien – whether he is a starter or not – therefore evaluated at home, Sunday, with Lannion against Toulouse FC. This stage of Roudourou, it normally occupies the stands. “When I’m with friends, I sit in the Presidential. When I am with my father, it is in Super U”.
On Sunday, he will be on the pitch. “A childhood dream”. Especially since he “never played” in the superb red and black enclosure. “When the draw came out, I was shocked. Especially since I knew that the match was being played at Roudourou if we fell on a Ligue 1”.
Toulouse FC is not the most exclusive club up there. “But it’s a Ligue 1 team, translated at will by the student in BTS alternately at Plérin. I watched their games against Marseille (1-6) and Ajaccio (2-0). They will try to wear us out”.
He is not the type to be reluctant. Toned and stocky (1.69 m for 73 kg), Hugo is a left side who swallows the kilometers and crunches in the ball. “In truth, I only think of football, admits the one who has already accumulated 34 N3 matches. The field is the place where I feel the best, liberated”.
“I know a lot of people who have stopped”
Like others, however, he could have stopped everything when his stay at En Avant ended. At 14, when he was just enjoying the Akademi complex. “When I was told that I was not guarded, I took it well compared to some. I know a lot of people who stopped walking right after”.
He never thought of it. With his comrades Lancelot Hamon, Alban Nicolas and Martin Luce, he went to seek the same pleasure in Lannion. “We carpooled, our parents arranged it”. None of the three weekly workouts escaped this. Like today, in fact. “When I don’t have a session, I even go to the (weight) room. I keep my goal in mind. It is easy to guess. Go pro. Take the steps, “without going too fast”. And so enjoy this pure moment of joy, Sunday at Roudourou. “The Coupe de France, he says, is a lot of thrills. When you see the president (Philippe Cousyn) so happy, it’s a source of pride”.
“There has never been such a complete group in Lannion”
Even more than in Châteaubriant (1-1, 5-3 on tabs), it’s in Nantes Bellevue, during the previous round, that the left-hander tasted unparalleled happiness. “It was the first time in my life where there was so much intensity and impact on a pitch, with supporters who should not be answered”. Of course, the final scenario (7-6 on penalties) and his successful penalty in eighth position will remain engraved. Like the benefits of this course when the team had a complicated start to the season in N3. ” There on rest on four straight wins. There has never been such a complete group in Lannion”. He is one of the minots. Except that Sunday, at Roudourou, in front of Enzo Tostivint (EAG Reserve Keeper) and his friends from Guingamp, in front of his friends from the Bourbriac club and his entire family, Hugo Julien will be more than a happy kid. “I’ll be home.”