Published on November 3, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Axel Allag
The Girondins de Bordeaux can once again thank their rookie Andy Carroll, who snatched the point from a draw in Blois on Saturday (1-1).
6 goals in 4 games and clear savior status. Summer recruit for the Girondins de Bordeaux, Andy Carroll manages to meet expectations within a club that must gradually come to terms with the reality of National 2. On Saturday, it was on the Blois field that the Girondins were expected and they were unable to build on their recent momentum of two consecutive successes obtained against Olympique Saumur and Avranches. On a complicated pitch, the start of the match was largely in favor of the attacking locals who tried everything.
Irles: “We can’t only have eight players at the top if we want to get to the top of the table”
Dominated, Bordeaux almost logically collapsed shortly before half-time following Ngassaki Ndongo’s header from a corner (1-0, 40th). If there was improvement in the second half for Bruno Irles’ players for only a few minutes, Blois continued to push, with clear opportunities for Ngassaki (57th) and Ben Nasr (61st). With their backs to the wall, the Girondins were saved by the inevitable Andy Carroll (1-1, 64th). This point from a draw extends Bordeaux’s invincibility to 5 games even if the ranking – 13th, 10 points behind leader Saint-Malo – is not consistent with the status of the Girondins.
Bruno Irles was dissatisfied with the result in “conditions worthy of amateur football”. “My players have not been 100% of what they can do. This championship is a long fight every weekend. In terms of desire and production, we can’t only have eight players at the top if we want to get to the top of the table,” he said in comments reported by Sud-Ouest. Then follow up with a general dig: “It’s true that this point allows us to keep our dynamic. But that doesn’t satisfy me, I expect more from my locker room.” Next match against Saint-Pryvé Saint-Hilaire, second in this group B, next Saturday at Matmut Atlantique (6 p.m.).
