Emeric Depussay: “We can’t talk about this match without talking about the pitch”

On TV7, the Girondins de Bordeaux midfielder,
Emery Depussayanswered the question of whether the group had been “raised up” by Bruno Irles after the draw in Blois.

“Yes (smile). The analysis was done a little on that, on a small failure in terms of races, particularly offensive ones. Afterwards, it is part of both the role of the coach, and the role of the players, to know how to listen and apply advice.”

Then he returns in more detail to this draw (1-1).

“It’s clear that we can’t talk about this match without talking about the pitch. It's for both teams, there's no problem, but I think that even them – even if they're more used to it, it still handicapped them. This is a team that would be capable of producing a better game than what we were all able to produce in this match. Afterwards, to talk more about us, on the offensive aspect he missed a few races, particularly behind the two pistons. On a 3-5-2, with this extra pitch, it was a bit of an avenue to exploit, which we were not able to exploit well. On the other hand, we saw it afterwards with the entry of Soufiane (Bahassa) who put a little more pressure on the races. He had the balls and we scored like that. This is not the result we expected when we went there. It's not the game we would have liked to put in place either. But given the conditions and the opponent, you also have to know how to take the points you have to take, and lose as few as possible along the way.”

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