Guest on the show Top Foot on TV7 BordeauxBruno Irles, Bordeaux coach, spoke about the Coupe de France, which could become an objective in order to complete one more round and go as far as possible.
« If the Coupe de France can come into focus? The Coupe de France is our sixth round. For Bordeaux supporters, the sixth round means reaching the final when you are a Ligue 1 club. If Bordeaux had made six rounds of the Coupe de France three years ago, they would be in the final. So these amateur clubs like us, who arrive in the sixth round, it is not trivial. This means that there is already a long journey behind. Indeed it is not my priority, it is not our priority since we said that the priority was the championship, but we passed these six rounds so we showed that we were capable. I often say that these are preparation matches, that we had no preparation, we had no friendly matches. These are preparation matches but we play them very seriously and we have passed these rounds. Today we have the chance, this club has the chance to play in Ligue 1. The players have the chance to play in Ligue 1 so it's like a nod to the high level, who was there and who is in the history of the Girondins, not that long ago. So it's this wink, we're going to find a high-level match, the supporters are going to find a high-level match and of course it's pleasant because the initial objective for us was to give back smiles. A match like that helps bring smiles back. It's up to us to rise to the occasion. […] Is it easier to prepare for this type of match because we have more images of Stade Rennais than of the clubs in the championship? Not necessarily. We played La Roche. I spent my day yesterday on Sampaoli because they changed so I had to change and study the Sampaoli matches. But I spent as much time getting to know the La Roche players as those I would know at the end of the week, from Stade Rennais. »
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