In Cédric Yambéré's live broadcast on his Twitch channel, the former captain of the Girondins, Yoann Barbetremembered his departure from Bordeaux, which falls into National 2.
“Yes, it hurt, it was horrible. You go from almost moving up to Ligue 1, to realizing your dream… Which is why I came back… The second year, we miss a season, it's a complicated season. You go on an internship and you actually tell yourself that it’s going to be okay. It's been three years, and each time the President pulls something out of his hat. In fact, you know that the club's situation is complicated, but you tell yourself that there will always be a solution. It's the Girondins de Bordeaux, and deep down, you really don't expect it to happen. Even us inside the club, you tell yourself that there is going to be a solution, that it is impossible for the club to go under. In the end, we leave for an internship, and then we hear the news… It’s really a cold shower”
And the worst thing for him, as for everyone, was the hope of the arrival of Fenway.
“What killed us the most was with Fenway. You tell yourself that the Fenway Group is coming, that you are at peace… They leave, they come back just before, and you tell yourself that if they come back, obviously, it's not for nothing. So you regain hope, only to fall even lower… That’s a real blow. Then, afterwards, when you step back, you tell yourself that it was bound to happen. But actually, when you're really into it, you don't imagine that it's going to happen…”.
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Transcription Girondins4Ever
