AJ Auxerre, crazy fight in the canteen

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By: Manu Tournoux

Exchanges of a coup between teammates in the intimacy of a wardrobe, on a training ground or during a gathering of the team, this has always existed. All Ligue 1 players questioned about their careers by The team (who compiled his “ex-ex” words in his ease of August in August) return to altercations between players, more or less violent. A fight worthy of the combat Adrien Rabiot-Jonathan Rowe implies Éric Cantona, then at AJ Auxerre. This is particularly fun.

It was Raphaël Guerreiro, a defensive midfielder formed by Guy Roux and who played 276 matches with the Icaunaise formation from 1986 to 1995, which evokes this memory. It is 6 of the team during the epic to the semi-finals of the 1993 UEFA Cup (elimination for penalties against Dortmund) and for the Coupe de France won in 1994.

Raphaël Guerreiro against Bayern.

Before making his superb career, especially in Manchester United, “Canto” was spotted by AJA and turned out to be for several seasons in the Auxerrois jersey. His 17 goals in 1986-1987 opened the doors of the Blues to him. The native of Marseille had also come to his hands with defender Stéphane Mazzolini for a story of pineapple slice!

Cantona against a player trained in Auxerre

“Éric Cantona and Stéphane Mazzolini both wanted the last slice of pineapple, Mazzo took it and was a direct fight. They broke out the table, it was jerked off for two minutes. It was David against Goliath, but Mazzo stood up to Canto! Canto, it was a monster ”says Raphaël Guerreiro.

Also out of the Ajaist training center, Mazzolini stayed at the club until 1993 before joining FC Martigues and then playing the two OM seasons in D2, from 1994 to 1996. Cantona was recruited by Bernard Tapie among the Phocaeans in 1988 (14 goals in 43 matches), but the attacker then became the terrible girl of French football…

Guy Roux and Eric Cantona in 1982.