A match like no other for Bafodé Diakité on Saturday night in Lille. The defender born and trained in Toulouse left the cocoon this summer for LOSC. He will find his TFC and some of his friends for a match. _“It was the right time, and Lille was the right door. It was time to leave”_, said “Bafo” Diakité when he arrived in Lille a few weeks ago.
A Whatsapp between Pitchouns
The years go by and the “Gambardella 2019” generation has been taking off for a few months now. Amine Adli went to Leverkusen, Ngoumou and Koné went to Mönchengladbach. Moussa Diarra and Anthony Rouault, holders in the Gambardella Cup final in 2019, are still at TFC and are playing in Ligue 1 this season.
Despite the distance, the bonds are still strong between boys who have known each other since childhood and who have known everything at the training center in Toulouse: _”_We talk to each other all the time. We have a Whatsapp group with Bafodé, Amine and Kouadio. If I play, it’s me against Bafo. We’re going to call each other in Facetime, it’s going to be hot”, smiled Moussa Diarra.
Successful debut in Lille for Diakité
This Saturday, Diarra and Diakité will meet again and this time as opponents. The neo-defender of LOSC was quick to get noticed elsewhere in the North. He has just had five starts in the Lille defence, four as right-back before being lined up in a three-man defense in Marseille. Diarra doesn’t have to be ashamed of his start to the season either, with three starts in seven days.