The women of the Girondins de Bordeaux will play their last home match against PFC this Friday with 5th place in the championship at stake. A place that will have to be sought during the last day in Montpellier. Update on the season and on his future with Maelle Garbino.
The turning point of the season, the play-off match in Libourne
The women have also had a turbulent season. Departures in the offseason, injuries and backstage shake-ups. Patrice Lair’s team couldn’t work as the band would have liked. But what had the most impact on the FCGB Women’s season was very early in the season this Champions League play-off match. An elimination on penalties after winning the return match at home. Several months later the regrets are still there for Maëlle Garbino
Of course, we would have liked to qualify. Now we knew it was going to be complicated. Wolfsburg is one of the big chunks. We always have regrets, but we are proud of our journey and we will try to continue like this until the end of the season to try to win against the PFC and Montpellier to finish in fifth place – Maëlle Garbino
OL and PSG pull the championship up
As a result, the team had a lot of trouble regaining its level in the league, notably with a defeat at home against Fleury and will lose too many points on the way to achieving last year’s performance and grabbing 3rd qualifying place for the play-offs in the champions league. D1 Arkema is dominated by Lyon and Paris which does not worry Maëlle Garbino
It certainly pulls the championship up, then it gives visibility because we are not going to lie to each other, Lyon is a machine, it has been working for this for years. The Girondins, it’s been much less time than we are in D1. So it will take a few more years to reach their level. But we are already working for that, so it’s a good thing – Maëlle Garbino
The overall situation of the Girondins de Bordeaux will certainly impact the women’s section. Many players are at the end of their contract and the context of our club could prevent some from staying at FCGB Women. Maëlle Garbino is one of those players whose contract ends at the end of June. The striker is quite confident for the future
Me, I am very well at the Girondins. We’re in discussion and it’s on the right track, so we’ll see – Maëlle Garbino
A victory against PFC on Friday in Libourne for the last day at home before going for 5th place in Montpellier would allow FCGB Women to hang on to the top of the D1Arkema table. Something to make the club management want, hopefully, to continue the work done over the past four years.