This is one of the rare good news of recent days at the Girondins, Benoit Costil should return to the field. Even if a man cannot change everything, no one will spit on his return. Absent from the field for two months due to a calf injury, the international goalkeeper is expected to face Montpellier on Sunday at Matmut Atlantique.
A timely return since his replacement Gaëtan Poussin is suspended for this meeting. A return that can only do good for the Girondins. Already on the ground since Benoit Costil had a more than correct season until his injury. During the first part of the season, he notably prevented the Bordeaux ship from sinking on several occasions. One wonders where the Girondins would be today without his performances for the first six months. Off the pitch, Benoit Costil remains an experienced player who is respected and listened to in the Bordeaux locker room.
It remains to be seen in what state of mind Benoit Costil will be because he has seen a bit of all the colors for two years between the withdrawal of the armband last season, the criticism of his management this season and finally the sidelining. of his friend, Laurent Koscielny, in January. In recent months, he had taken a step back from his leadership role. He focused only on his personal performance and no longer wanted to scatter from right to left, he who has often spent a lot of time defending the club in the past. He should stay in this line until the end of the season and his contract which will end next June.