Issouf Sissokho recorded a 100% Girondins performance on Friday followingnoon before playing the 22nd day of League 2 this Monday evening once morest Angers, leading with Auxerre. His injuries, his training, his place on the field, Issouf in all honesty.
Issouf Sissokho recorded a 100% Girondins performance on Friday followingnoon before playing the 22nd day of Ligue 2 this Monday evening once morest Angers, who are in the lead with Auxerre
This is good news for the team. Issouf Sissokho is no longer injured! Troubled by repeated injuries, the young midfielder, who will turn 22 on January 30, is finally in great shape. For what ? Have changes occurred in his entourage, his working method? Nothing notable but adjustments explains Issouf Sissokho “ not necessarily a big change, but when something always happens several times, you ask yourself questions and look for solutions. It was not something that was linked to my lifestyle as I have often said. I think that there is just a lot more rigor on the part of everyone, whether it is the medical staff, the coach and myself to be careful because before, I am not saying that I did not do watch out for me but maybe I was doing too much ».
When too much is the enemy of good!
Words confirmed by his team coach when he arrived in Bordeaux in January 2020. Emmanuel Giudicelli who is now responsible for the U19s at FC Metz. He remembers a player who was always at work: “ for the record, Sunday morning, we had played the day before, Saturday evening, Sunday, it was the only day off for the guys. And then I went to the club one Sunday. And then there was Issouf who was running and then who had finished his session and then he was in the gym and I said to Issouf but what are you doing? He told me “Coach, it’s important, I do my cleansing, my strengthening, my stretching. That’s Issouf, a super generous, super hardworking boy and indeed, I confirm, it started from a very good intention. But I think that today in any case, he manages it better and he did a lot, a lot and sometimes a little too much ».
In what position? Number 6 or Number 8?
During the last meeting Issouf Sissokho was at number 6 due in particular to the absence of Danylo Ignatenko but his preferred position remains that of No. 8 explains the player: “ it’s the position where I spent all my training, the position where I grew up, where I feel the best in my head. Afterwards, I am here, serving the team. It is the coach who decides in which position I can be interesting for the team. It’s up to him to put me in a position and I try to give my best and assimilate as much as possible what he’s going to ask of me in order to help the team. “. A team that is progressing, if not in its results, at least in its game. Progress that Issouf Sissokho can see from the inside “ we had seen it for a while even if the results did not follow. And I think that with the results, everyone is also seeing that there is really progress. Well followingwards it’s easier for us who are inside, but the people who are outside if the results don’t follow, they don’t always agree but we are on the right track. It’s been a while since we look at the content of the match that there has been something consistent between the players and I really think that it’s just enough for the results to follow. If we manage to continue once morest Angers and start a good dynamic, it would be great for this second part of the season ».
Issouf Sissokho the lucky charm of the Girondins de Bordeaux?
And then, there is this statistic: the Girondins de Bordeaux have never lost when Issouf Sissokho played from the 1st to the 90th minute. And this lucky position is starting to earn him some internal pressure “we often talk regarding it with teammates but only laughing. Afterwards it makes me happy to know that when I play the team wins. But then it’s not just me who plays, it’s the team».
Issouf Sissokho who turns 22 tomorrow. So as a birthday present, his teammates would be well inspired to give him a victory.
