This Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 6:00 p.m., the Girondins de Bordeaux receive on their lawn at the Matmut Atlantique Stadium – René Gallice the team of Vendée Poiré Footballon behalf of the 16th day of the National 2 championship.
For this meeting, Bruno Irles done once again with a private group of several players including Driss Trichardt, Djibril Diaw as well as recruits Etienne Beugre et Yvan Ikia Dimi. In the goals we keep Lassana Diabaté. There is no reason to change, he is number one this season. In defense, we still had to recompose. We therefore find Jean Grillot associated with
Cédric Yambéré which returns after its suspension, to form the central axis. He also gets his captain's armband back. In the right corridor we find once again Youssouf Assogba and on the left it is
Nathanaël Baï which always replaces Driss Trichardt, suspended two more matches.
In the middle of the field Thomas Trazié find
Adrien Louveauwho had helped out in central defense on the Granville side. So it's Emeric
Depussay who is on the bench. Yanis Merdi
is aligned as a playmaker, or rather as a nine and a half depending on the offensive system. Offensively Andy Carroll
is of course at the forefront of the Bordeaux attack. It is
Soufiane Bahassa who regains his starting place, to the detriment of Amadou Diallo. The Bordeaux-born winger was able to make the difference when he came into play last week. Finally Travis Mutyaba takes the left wing despite the fact that he is still not decisive.
In this match at Matmut, you have to wait until the 4th minute to see Andy Carroll take a ball from the head but it goes over. A minute later Youssouf
Assogba sends a good cross but the opposing defense misses and it's Yanis Merdji who takes advantage and deceives the opposing goalkeeper (1-0 5th). The Bordeaux team got off to a good start in this meeting and are setting the pace. The English striker will get a corner on the right in the 15th minute. Cédric Yambéré takes off with a volley but it skims the left post. In the 19th, the Vendée will project themselves forward and towards a center, Yambere clears for a corner while Diabaté was right behind. Fortunately he won't give anything.
THE Girondins continue and on a nice recovery of Merdjiit's again
Andy Carroll who tries but it's above. The referee is at fault since the Bordeaux striker had been knocked to the ground just before his pass (26th). It will not give anything after a distant strike from Carroll. Then it's again
Yanis Merdji who inherits a good deep ball. He goes to the duel but misses the latter and the opportunity to score a double (29th 1-0). Le Poire will get a good free kick on the right side after a foul
Youssouf Assogba (36ème). Remars
takes care of it and Diabaté punches the ball into a corner. It will be clear but the Vendée are coming back forward and we need a good Jean Grillot to counter again for a corner. After a few moments of excitement, the ball is cleared by the defense. The Bordeaux side had a big chance to play in the 40th minute but they still got a corner. Soufiane
Bahassa shoots it but it is repelled by the goalkeeper
Romain Cagnon.
At the break, the Bordeaux side were ahead in a pleasant match, where the Vendée team did not admit defeat.
