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In Bordeaux Le Mag, the journalist Laurent Brun returned to the meeting between Saint-Malo and the Girondins de Bordeaux (1-1), mentioning the game in particular of the Bretons.
“No, it’s not a team that produces football. She is very difficult to play tactically. We knew it was going to be like that, long balls, from the central defenders and even from the goalkeeper to the attackers… It works, a priori, since the start of the season. Bordeaux was warned. I find that the Girondin defenders still controlled the opposing plans well overall. But there was this flaw, where the captain found himself all alone, then the scorer… It hit the mark. But it’s clear that it’s not very beautiful, it’s not very nice to see playing. But it’s effective…”
If Andy Carroll had been there, perhaps the outcome would have been different.
“Andy Carroll would have already monopolized the two central defenders, who were also athletic. He probably would have played back. Afterwards, we lacked a bit of percussion, we lacked a bit of success. It was windy… Yanis Merdji, I found him in difficulty again in the game. He didn't weigh. Moreover, for 20 minutes in the first half, he stopped, he returned to the midfield. We wondered if it was an instruction or not, but when you play center forward, and there is no ball arriving, at a given moment you get frustrated, and you come back to participate in the game, which makes that afterwards there is no one left in front. In any case, he did not weigh on the game, and we saw very little of him from an offensive point of view, despite a lot of pressure. He had an ungrateful match I think.”
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