Coach Bruno Irles, focused on the championship and who so far sees the Cup rounds as rehearsals to make up for lost preparation time, should not change his outlook. His offensive spearhead Andy Carroll will be left to rest as in the previous round and the Rochefortais will take the opportunity to work on an animation without him: the top scorer will also be absent, suspended, next Saturday for the trip to leader Saint-Malo in the championship. The Girondins should find a response against the best defense in Group A of R1 (3 goals conceded in 7 matches), which has the particularity of also having… the worst attack (6 goals scored).
The players don't wonder
Bruno Irles, deprived of Cédric Yambéré and Travys Mutyaba in the selection this Sunday, should also take the opportunity to give more playing time to a few elements who returned last weeks to N3 (attackers Jérémy Grain and Malick Seck) or on the bench during the last N2 meetings (defenders Nama Fofana and Nassim Ranem).
On the players' side, we don't really ask ourselves these questions. “The priority is the championship but we want to win every match,” said captain Driss Trichard.
“I am competitive and I want to go as far as possible in the Cup” says full-back Nathanael Baï, who has already had the opportunity to face a Ligue 1 team (Lens) with Poitiers in the 32nd final in December 2021 (0 -1). “All matches where there is Bordeaux against a team, Bordeaux must win them. »
The likely team: Diabaté – N. Fofana, Ranem, Grillot, Trichard (cap) – Louveau, Depussay – Grain, Merdji, Bahassa – Seck.
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