- This Wednesday evening, c ‘is the Breton derby between FC Nantes and Stade Rennais.
This is especially the first match of Raymond Domenech on the Canaries bench.
It is his haven of peace. The first place he took refuge after Storm Knysna in 2010. When he’s not in Paris, Raymond Domenech , who will be on the Canaries bench against Rennes this Wednesday evening (07 h) for the first time, pass clearer of his time in Etables-sur-Mer, located in the bay of Saint-Brieuc, in the Côtes d’Armor in Brittany. “He is often there on weekends and during the holidays”, remarks one of his best friends and his neighbor, Eric Blahic , assistant coach of the French women’s football team
With his partner, the journalist Estelle Denis , Raymond Domenech, native of Lyon, bought a house in this small Breton seaside resort, on several floors in 2010, which overlooks the old port of Saint-Quay-Portrieux. “I discovered this region with the French U23 team and I told myself that I would come back. We were going to do the internships in Saint-Malo. Each time, we spent a week and the weather was exceptional. I thought it was beautiful. “
Godfather of the US Tagarine In May 2020, Domenech has accepted, for example, to be the sponsor and honorary member of the only football club in Etables-sur-Mer, the US Tagarine . “He is registered like me at the tennis club and he was looking for partners to hit the ball in May at the end of confinement,” says Killian Archenoul, the president of the club. It was also my case, so we played a game together. I then told him about the creation of our football club and he was immediately won over by the project. He gave me his number indicating that he would be happy to help out. ”Domenech then attends the first training, which gives“ a hell of a publicity stunt ”to the US Tagarine. “We could clearly see that he was missing the field and that he wanted to share his experience. Since then, he follows our results and sometimes sends us messages before the matches. “ GR 26 
Estelle, however, leaned more for a pied-à-terre on the Ile de Ré. “But we spent three horrible weeks there after Merlin was born , she confided to Parisian last summer. And I don’t necessarily want to see the people I meet during the year. “In Brittany, the couple live in peace. “I found a plus there: it is respect for people, admits the technician from Nantes. We can walk quietly. There is a form of respect for the person that I cannot find everywhere. If you see me calming today, I also owe it to what I experienced in Brittany. “Eric Blahic confirms:” When he came after Knysna, he was never vilified. There is a form of restraint among the Bretons, a desire not to bother him. He is known there, but respected. »And above all well integrated. Far from the mishmash Parisian, “I resource myself there,” admits Domenech. “He likes to paddle, he walks a lot and rides an electric bike,” says Blahic. Estelle Denis often runs on the famous