The match between Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne was also the 5th edition of the Bordeaux vineyards match. In addition to the territory, the links between the world of wine and the Girondins de Bordeaux are numerous. As Hervé Grandeau, president of the CIVB’s promotion commission, recalled, the club showed solidarity in 2017 when a terrible episode of frost affected many Girondin winegrowers. And then, for many years, the club had a winegrower president with Jean-Louis Triaud and many former players have become winegrowers: Jean Tigana, Mathieu Chalmé, Lilian Laslandes to name but a few.
Saint-Etienne and Bordeaux, two legendary clubs: a legend!
When we talk about these two institutions of French football that are Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne, we obviously think of Patrick Battiston who marked the history of these 2 clubs and French football. Champion of France with the greens in 1981, then with Bordeaux in 84, 85 and 87, Patrick Battiston also marked the history of the blues by being European champion in 1984 and twice World Cup semi-finalist in 1982 and 1986. The man who is now director of the Girondins de Bordeaux training center admitted last night that these matches are always a bit special for him, but that of course his heart is navy and white.