Bruno Irles: “We should be able to do the same thing with more legs”

The coach of the Girondins de Bordeaux, Burn Irlesspoke on Forever on his defense, which did not concede a goal against Avranches.

“Yes, it was tough. We knew it, they put a lot of movement, it’s interesting what they do in Avranches, with movement, permutations, races… You have to know how to respond to that, we worked on it, and they responded to that . It’s true that this riot of energy is also there, but they all responded. Yes, it’s good because it’s solid, it’s good, but you see, our block went down all the same (in the second half in particular, editor’s note), because the legs no longer followed at a given moment. So we should be able to do the same thing with more legs, to be higher, and then it will be better to last in a match.”

And in relation to this physical fact, the Bordeaux coach was late in coaching.

“Yes, the team was in place, that’s it. Plus Amadou (Diallo) really wasn’t supposed to play for more than an hour, so I waited a bit, and I didn’t want to take too many risks… But then, Travis (Mutyaba) wasn’t there during the break , little Safouane (Karim) has just arrived, so it’s complicated… There’s a lot of tactical work and you have to get involved in it. It’s not easy to come into a match like that. My idea was not to bring them in, but you saw in the end, I had no choice. We cannot play with players who are on one leg. I had to do it.”

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