[J9] The Girondins will have to be wary of the Blois of Cédric Hengbart and Lucas Capoue, only one confrontation in history and one defeat in the Cup

This Saturday, November 2, 2024, the FC Girondins de Bordeaux moves onto the pitch of the Stade des Allées Jean Leroi to face the team of Blois Foot 41 at 6:00 p.m., on behalf of the 9th day of National 2 Group B. The opportunity for us to give you information about the opponent.

Players to follow

In the workforce of
Bloisit will be necessary to carefully follow several players who are not completely unknown.

• Bryan Ngwabije : defender trained in Lyon, Rwandan international, 20 matches in National
• Cross Chapelle : defender trained in Auxerre, 1 goal and 2 assists this season in N2
• Noah Sommer: environment trained in Strasbourg
• Daysam Ben Nasr:

  midfielder trained at Clermont Foot, 37 professional matches in Tunisia

• Exaucé Ngassaki :

  striker trained in Caen, 1 match in L1, 4 goals this season in N2

• N'Famara Diaby: striker, 4 goals this season in N2
• Lucas Capua: striker, nephew of Aurélien and Etienne Capoue, 14 National matches, 3 Football-National talents since the start of the season

Statistics

The opposing coach

The club of
Blois is driven by Cédric
Hengbartat the head of the team since July 1, 2022. He is a former right-back who notably spent time with Caen and Auxerre in Ligue 1.

“The squad, I would love to have it (smile). It's a very, very good team. I watched their last five matches, it remains a team of a professional level. We see that they are mature in many things, that they are in match management, that they are present. They don't have what we have, with N2 players who don't have this experience. So we have two teams, between them and us, who on the management of a match, on the technique… They are far above this championship. I've seen a lot of teams over the past three years, I think they play like a professional team. They don't play like a N2 team. Afterwards, they have players who are extraordinary. Andy Carroll, I've never seen a player like that since I've been watching N2. He wins all the duels with his head, he is far superior. But it's also interesting for our players, it will also show them what high level is. It will be up to us to smooth out a little bit what we are capable of doing.”

La confrontation

THE Girondins de Bordeaux have crossed paths with the Blois club only once in history. It was January 23, 1972, during the 1/32nd finals of the Coupe de France. The Girondins lost 1 to 0. The average age is 25.1 years in Blois, compared to 25.9 years in Bordeaux.

The Bordeaux eleven:

Rigoni – G. Papin, Merelle, Desremaux, Dubouil – Texier (76′ Grabowski), Petyt, Goubet – J. Gallice, Ruiter, Liposinovic. Enter: André Gérard

In The New Republic, Joel Saussetwho defended the Blésoise colors from 1966 to 1976, remembers this moment against Bordeaux:

“This kind of memory is never forgotten. Defensively, we had a superb match. Between the Yugoslavian Liposinovic and the Brazilian Ruiter, they had a fiery attack, without forgetting the Frenchman Gallice who threw punches, not a gentle one! Our coach Roger Meerseman told me that I was taking the Brazilian. I gave everything, like my teammates, and we managed to resist. A memorable memory…”

The different transfers

There have been two movements between the two clubs in history.

• 1977/1978 : Jose Lopez (DC) to Blois
• 2019/2020 : Mathias Lopes (AID) from the Bordeaux reserve to Blois

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