For the first time this season, the Girondins were able to field their recruits in Saint-Etienne (0-3), last weekend. And like the whole team, they had a complicated match. However, it is not for lack of having been warned by David Guion in recent weeks. The Bordeaux coach had repeated it: some of his recruits would not be 100% immediately due to the lack of competition.
It is not Yoann Barbet and Vital Nsimba who will contradict him. The two former members of the house, holders in the Cauldron for their return in the Navy and White jersey, had a very difficult first half, to put it mildly. The first was very speeded up almost on every action while the second lost ball on ball. Clément Michelin, who had to replace Mwanga very quickly, was not much more comfortable, like his passivity on the first goal of the Greens.
But, they have some extenuating circumstances. There is already the lack of competition, some had not played a match since last May, that is to say 4 months. There is also the lack of automation or the pedigree of the opponent of the day. Moreover, there was better in the second half especially for Yoann Barbet and Vital Nsimba. The latter, for example, offered two goal balls to Dilane Bakwa.
Finally, we were also able to glimpse at the end of the meeting what Aliou Badji will bring. Strong physically and just technically, the Senegalese striker almost scored his first goal in his first appearance with the Girondins. As a reminder, the fifth recruit, Zuriko Davistavhili was not on the trip due to an administrative problem. He should make his first against Dijon on Saturday at Matmut Atlantique.