There was the arrival of Saint-Pryvé on November 9, with Andy Carroll's assist for Yanis Merdji's first goal of the season. Then the trip to Poiré-sur-Vie, four days later, with the pressing and service of Yanis Merdji for Andy Carroll.
The two Girondins did it again, this Sunday in the Coupe de France with this time the Englishman for the caviars and the Lyonnais at the finish: a volley on a deep cross, then a nice sequence after a deflection in the depth. Between Carroll's 1.94 m and Merdji's 1.72 m, the mayonnaise is taking as hoped.
“We can understand each other,” said the second. We have a different game: he is more comfortable in aerial play, me in space. Today it was me who had the opportunities, tomorrow it will be him. »
Merdji should even have scored a hat-trick after a Carroll festival – breaking through with the ball then feinting to leave the ball to his teammate on Bahassa's cross which followed – but he missed the target from 9 meters. “They get along well. It's been a while in training, I haven't seen enough of him in a match yet. You can't just have one effective player. Yanis (Merdji) is arriving, and I’m waiting for my wingers too,” said coach Bruno Irles, who was fielding Carroll in the Cup for the first time.
“He hadn’t played for two weekends. There is a gentlemen's agreement with him so that he can go see his family during the cup matches but he knows that to be good in the championship next Saturday (against Saint-Brieuc), he had to play. » Les Herbiers paid the price.
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