Yacine Adli: “If I say what I have on my heart, I risk big problems” … multiple emotions in Bordeaux

Many emotions were palpable in the voices of Bordeaux on Friday evening. Sadness, pride, incomprehension and many other feelings seemed to mix in the minds of the Girondins, beaten by Olympique de Marseille on their land for the first time since 1977. More than the end of a historic series, it is the context in which it ended that was difficult to swallow for the men of Vladimir Petkovic, whose workforce has been weakened by Covid-19 for several days.

Last Sunday, after the elimination of the Bordelais in the Coupe de France, Jimmy Briand – this time absent – had shouted at the “masquerade”. This Friday, Yacine Adli had a hard time not venturing into the field of criticism, concerning the maintenance of this meeting of the 20th day of Ligue 1. “I prefer not to come back to it, because if I speak and I say what I have on my heart, I risk being in big problems. (sic) and I don’t want to be in big trouble, he declared, at the microphone of Prime Video.

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“I don’t want to talk about this…”

“I don’t wanna talk about my feeling, I don’t wanna talk about it, continued the 21-year-old midfielder, who entered the second period. We played the match, from the moment we say we play the match, we play it. We gave what we could and we are very disappointed (…) I think we played a match at 100% of our abilities, we tried to give everything on this match, to offer them a fight, unfortunately, we take a goal on a mistake, which can happen.”

The author of the fatal error is Benoît Costil. The Girondin goalkeeper said he was very affected by his failed recovery, which led to the only goal of the game, scored by Cengiz Ünder: “You can imagine my state of mind, personally: I allow Marseille to win this match. I have to take it upon myself and I have to take responsibility for this outcome. I apologize to the team, to the supporters. Once I say that, we go back to the fight.”

But he also stressed the ability of his group not to collapse: “I’m mixed, between the disappointment of losing – with this series that everyone knows – but also a certain pride in having a team that gave everything under the conditions we know. Who fought …“

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“If you watch the practice session from two days ago, it still freaks out…”

“I was not on time to play, Costil revealed. But I am ‘lucky’ to have a good Covid. I had a lot fewer symptoms, if any symptoms, unlike other players. When I understood that we would play, I had this strong will to be on the field, unfortunately it did not go as planned on this error, but I had only one will: to go for the coal with this team, for this team, for this fantastic club.”

The coach of the 17th L1 has meanwhile considered that “it was an impossible match to prepare“loving that”when the physical is not at the rendezvous, mistakes can always happenHowever, Petkovic clarified: “I don’t want to look for excuses. “In the same tone, his guardian gave some details:”If you look at the training session of two days ago, it still freaks out… Players circling the field and after 10 minutes: it’s complicated.”

Always questioned by our colleagues from Prime Video, Costil wished to end his intervention with a call for unity: “We were responsible, in the way the club reacted, by playing our cards on the table, saying the cases (from Covid, Editor’s note) that there was (…) Ligue 1, Ligue 2, professional football, even amateur football needs solidarity, we can compete on the field but outside, we have to unite, all together, because it is a situation that affects everyone.”

Cengiz Ünder / Bordeaux – Marseille

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