Recently questioned by Arnaud de Carli, new vice-president of the Girondins de Bordeaux, Bixente Lizarazu was keen to put the dots on the i…
Bordeaux undoubtedly avoided the worst last week. The commercial court in fact authorized the continuation of the club's activity until January 30, the different parties being convened again on January 21 “to begin to see a continuation plan”. On the pitch, the situation is still not very good since the Girondins conceded a draw in Blois this weekend and are still only in 12th place.e
place in group B of National 2, certainly with two matches late.
The club nevertheless came close to disappearing this summer and can thank certain veterans for lending a helping hand like Rio Mavuba and Paul Baysse, who did not hesitate to take out a license while waiting for the arrival reinforcements. A gesture that Arnaud De Carli, new vice-president of the club, was keen to welcome. “A huge thank you to Paul Baysse and Rio Mavuba for taking over the interim and “passing on the baton” to the players who were gradually arriving in the squad,”
he had written.
He took the opportunity to slip a strong tackle to other veterans, converted into consultants. “Some will prefer to stay behind a microphone and spend their time giving lessons, while others choose to be hands-on and put on their boots again to help their training club! »he thundered, seeming to target Bixente Lizarazu and Christophe Dugarry in particular. The first wanted to respond to him via the WebGirondins website.
Bixente Lizarazu's rant
« Sorry, but being Gérard Lopez's vice-president is not a source of pride. Everyone must accept what they are. This is an indirect response to De Carli. I am a consultant, football commentator, sometimes editorialist, or interviewer. This is the profession I chose. I do this job trying to be the guardian of the temple, he explained. That is to say, the things that I like in football, I will say it with pleasure, and, when I don't like it, I will say it too. It's my job. A former player who is a consultant and who criticizes the Girondins de Bordeaux is normal. First of all, because it's a club in which he played, where he was trained like me. »
“To see the situation of this club and the catastrophe in which it finds itself, it is normal to be critical,
he continued. It’s a job that also allows for contradiction, which is very important. When someone does anything, it must be said that they do anything. It's normal to criticize him, and we must accept it, because it's part of the game. That's what the profession of journalist and consultant is for. It awakens the spirits, it presses where it hurts. It’s normal when we see the situation of the Girondins de Bordeaux to do so. Obviously, Mr. De Carli is a beginner in football, he doesn't know the codes, and we have to explain to him that the football environment is like that. And it will always be like that. »
