Girondins de Bordeaux – Le bilan de Denis Balbir : « Une génération qu’on ne voyait pas venir »
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“Bordeaux second in Ligue 2 at the truce, for me it is a good surprise. Last May, we left them last in Ligue 1, dying, with problems everywhere and without any certainty of still being alive past the summer… The Mercato was also very complicated with recruits who could not be registered only on the last day.
After investigating everything that should not be done under the presidency of GACP – King Street and having had a complicated start with Gérard Lopez, Bordeaux has come a long way. In Ligue 2, the Girondins quickly took things in hand, relying on a generation of young people from Haillan that we do not see coming. The balance is however fragile and this second place tends to prove that the Aquitaine club does not have a crazy margin either in this race for the comeback. However, I prefer to be in their place than that of ASSE, last in Ligue 2 and which cannot adapt.
“Bakwa, Mwanga… Players who would probably not have had a chance in Bordeaux in L1”
I find that David Guion has succeeded in the chemistry between young and old. In terms of mentality, everyone is in the mold and Bordeaux is in the process of regaining color. The big positive point is that the Girondins are reconnecting with their roots as a training club, taking advantage of the dynamism of a region which knows how to produce good players and where amateur clubs also know how to perform (Bergerac, Trélissac, Libourne, etc.). .
It is often said that Ligue 2 is difficult for young people, that experienced players are needed, but Bordeaux proves the opposite by leaving Dylan Bakwa, Junior Mwanga… Players who would probably not have had their luck if the club had remained in Ligue 1 and who arrived fresh in this championship. These are really great discoveries.”
The Bordeaux record of Denis Balbir
Before the resumption of Ligue 2, Denis Balbir takes stock of the first half of the Girondins season. Our consultant is both surprised and thrilled by this new strong-boned Bordeaux “made in Haillan” and says so.