After two weeks of apocalyptic recovery where the club was forced to play despite a workforce decimated and then reduced by the cases of Covid-19, it is now time to find a little serenity and some strength in the Girondins de Bordeaux. It is even an obligation given the situation of the club. A situation still just as precarious with only one point ahead of the red zone after 20 days.
With 21 cases of Covid-19 over the past three weeks, the club will surely do some sort of little physical preparation in order to get everyone back on their feet. Hopefully the last symptoms will stop quickly for affected players. Next Sunday in Rennes, everyone should be able to apply except for the injured. We are thinking in particular of the return of Laurent Koscielny, the captain and Ricardo Mangas, the only left-back available for the team at the moment.
Another expected return, that of Paul Baysse. The defender resumed group training several weeks after his cruciate ligament rupture in his knee last May. It was the third for him in the space of eight years. This return is one of the rare good news at the start of the year for the Girondins. The defender, trained at the club, will resume the competition little by little. Beyond his return to the field, it is above all the return of a strong man from the Bordeaux locker room. One of the last history of the club. His good humor will not hurt a team in great difficulty since the start of the season. We often need a Paul Baysse in his locker room when playing maintenance like the Girondins de Bordeaux.