2023-10-03 20:56:35
The ball is now in the feet of Gérard Lopez. Remaining silent and “under observation” since his club set itself on fire last week following the dull draw at Guingamp (0-0) and the defeat at Grenoble (0-2), the boss of the Girondins is expected at Matmut Atlantique, this Saturday, once morest leader Laval (3 p.m.). If the schedule communicated at the start of the week is respected, he will exchange…
The ball is now in the feet of Gérard Lopez. Remaining silent and “under observation” since his club set itself on fire last week following the dull draw at Guingamp (0-0) and the defeat at Grenoble (0-2), the boss of the Girondins is expected at Matmut Atlantique, this Saturday, once morest leader Laval (3 p.m.). If the schedule communicated at the start of the week is respected, he will discuss in the coming days with his sports director Admar Lopes and his trainer David Guion before, perhaps, deciding the case of the second. In any case, his word is more than ever expected and necessary.
The late match once morest Caen, this Tuesday for the reunion with the public following a month of the Rugby World Cup, will only have fueled the debate. Accounting, and this is the big problem, the Bordelais are no further ahead: held in check for having once once more lacked efficiency (1-1), they remain stuck in 13th place, 8 points behind the second folding seat direct accession and three units from the fifth synonymous with play-off. If we have to wait for the leader Laval to arrive on Saturday for the 10-day stage update, there is cause for concern. For 20 years, only one team with these passing times has finished the season in the top two (Ajaccio in 2010-2011).
Whistles during warm-up
The evening, on the other hand, showed the enormous divide into which the club has plunged itself, recalling the genesis of several dark seasons since 2016. On the one hand, its groups of supporters, who whistled at the players from the warm-up and called for the resignation of David Guion, from the 5th minute then – more timidly on the Ultramarines side – at the final whistle. On the other, players and staff who remain united and showed it in their attitudes then proclaimed during interviews, but who did not obtain the result they needed.
“I told the players: it’s a test to pass, we have to turn our luck around”
On the field too, there were two Bordeaux. One, for 25 minutes like the bad sequences at the start of the season, with a rhythm that was too sluggish and lacking in percussion despite the possession to create real chances. He was logically punished by the former member of the house Alexandre Mendy for a confused action where the defense was poorly positioned (0-1, 15th). The other, following half an hour of play, intense and convincing, with movement, variety, more accuracy (86% of successful passes), presence and recovery. It should have resulted in much more than a goal, obtained from an opening from Ignatenko and a miss from Norman central defender Ntim (1-1, 35th).
19 shots in one hour
But Davitashvili, untenable between the lines or behind the opponent’s back, missed the conclusion of two collective movements (37th, 51st), the second on a construction from the Bordeaux penalty area. Caen goalkeeper Mandrea relaxed on a strike from Badji (53rd); Gregersen, Elis, Ekomié did not frame in a good position; some centers lacked precision. In the end, 63% possession, 19 shots to 7 (8 to 2 on target): if the Bordelais had shown this face in periods since August, and Saturday in Grenoble, it is the first time that they have done so for an hour .
How to explain the shift? David Guion pointed out the psychological aspect. “The boys did not enter in the best conditions. The whistles from the warm-up reached them, which can explain the first 20 minutes without rhythm, he mentioned. I found it very hard. They need serenity. We weren’t pressing hard enough, we weren’t being released. We took a little time to react then we created two or three situations, Zuka (Davitashvili) took matters into his own hands. These kinds of matches, in a while, with confidence, we will win them 3 or 4 to 1. I told the players: it’s a test to pass, we have to turn the luck around. I have to support them so that they persevere. » Will he have the opportunity?
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