Bruno Irles: “Yanis perhaps needed a trigger. I gave him this trigger by trying it out next to me”

At the end of the meeting and at the microphone of Forever, the coach of the Girondins de Bordeaux, Bruno Irlesexplained what his players – and in particular his offensive players – had done more than in previous weeks. He also commented on Yanis Merdjiauthor of a double.

“In the efforts. Of course, when I say efforts, it is the offensive efforts that were better. Defensive efforts ok, everyone does them. As you can see, there is a huge burst of energy. We work on it in training, so the sessions are intense from Tuesday to Friday. It carries over to the match and that’s very good. There you go, I had shaken up my offensive players to have more runs, more calls. You have to be able to hurt deeply. You have to be able to hurt differently around Andy (Carroll), differently from Andy too. This evening, they showed it, like Yanis (Merdji), who perhaps needed a trigger. This click, I offered it to him by trying it next to me (smile). He got it, I'm delighted for him. He has given a lot since the start of the season. He can be criticized but he is always very generous in what he does, and he is rewarded tonight.”

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