Coach of the France Espoirs team, Gérald Baticle justified and explained the call-up of young Ayyoub Bouaddi, who had never experienced this level until now.
This Thursday, November 7, is a special day for the Mastiffs, with Lucas Chevalier and Ayyoub Bouaddi called up for the very first time in their respective category. The midfielder, who celebrated his 17th birthday a month ago, was called up by Gérald Baticle to play two friendly matches against Italy and Germany. Passing through The Team Channelthe coach justified this new arrival. He begins his answers in a fairly general way: “We are moving into a second phase after our qualification and we must now prepare for the Euro. We have four friendly matches. This may seem like a lot, but it's not enough to experiment, test complementarities and also see new players to have a larger group, get to know people too.
It is important for me, before selecting high-performance players, to know the men and their human values to have a well-balanced selection to move towards performance. This gathering should give me indications for the future,” he confided, eager to build a strong group at all levels for the next rounds.
Gérald Baticle, successor to Thierry Henry at the head of the young French generation, then refocused on Ayyoub Bouaddi, who appeared 11 times in all competitions with LOSC this season: “We have seen it and the general public is discovering it this season with very high level matches in the Champions League. He is doing very well. He is performing well and has confirmed this from week to week since the start of the season.begins the Bleuets coach. He is one of those players who perform well and who make you want to join the group to see him evolve, see the complementarities, refine our knowledge and have as much information as possible to have the possibility of choosing him with certainty in some time to our final choices. »
Aged only 17, the Lille player is one of the youngest elements selected by Gérald Baticle: “For Ayyoub, I don’t really pay attention to the identity cardhe admits. There are upgrades, double upgrades or even triple upgrades, that's for sure, but he performs well on the field. We're over these upgrades. For me, this is neither an advantage nor a problem. It is his performances which speak for him and which make us want to integrate him into the Espoirs hoping to take him to the next level with international matches, even if he already has Champions League matches under his belt”explained the coach of the France Espoirs team.
