Centre de Loisirs

The real story is written in the seats. This is not decoration for its own sake.

This stadium is part of that reconstruction. It is a modern structure, but it carries the weight of the old days. The players walk out onto the pitch and see a sea of orange and yellow. They know what that means.

It separates the spectators from the game. On match days, the track disappears under the crowd. The atmosphere is contained. The noise cannot escape.

The club has changed its name and its status, but the colours remain. The fans sit in the same seats, in the same colours. They have waited for a return to the top.

The ground is not old. It has not seen fifty years of history. It has seen a few seasons of struggle and a few seasons of success. It is a place of transition. The players switch off at the back, but the fans do not. The colours remind them of who they are.