This weekend with Bordeaux, Romane Bruneau, the goalkeeper, native of Angers, has found the feelings of a match at the highest level French, D1F. For the first time since 2016.
Saturday, in Lille, with the Girondines, Romane Bruneau played again 90 minutes in D1 (victory 2-0). This had not happened since May 21, 2016. At that time, the Angevine was wearing the shirt of ESOF La Roche and was called in France youth team (last selection in September 2016 with the U20).
Since then, Angevin has traveled. After a short experience in Juvisy, which ended in a return to the Vendée, the young woman aged 22 today had flown to Dijon, then Lyon, and now Bordeaux. But at OL, one of the best women's clubs in Europe, Romane Bruneau was only third goalkeeper. The window of fire was more than narrow.
So Saturday, the Girondine goalkeeper was happy to use her gloves, taking advantage of the selection of Erin Nayler, the usual New Zealand holder: "Frankly, I play football, I'm happy, point! (laughs) I do not take my head. I did a correct service. I did not have much to do, but I managed the few situations, especially in the air and foot games. "
If it took more than two years for Angevin to find the D1, the situation of Romane Bruneau is very different from that known in the Rhone. "I was warned of the competition. It's up to me to do the right thing. There, I have three games, and then if I can stay behind, I will not do without it, the babysitter answers. It's different from my stay in Lyon, because I'm going to have room to impose myself. At OL, I learned a lot by training with the best in Europe, even the world. I do not regret my stay in Lyon, because we still draw lessons, but I would have liked more confidence, although I think I have not always known how to give what was needed. "
With good performances and, if the neo-Bordeaux is spared physical glitches, the establishment of the 1.67 m goalkeeper could continue: "In La Roche, I injured my shoulder, it continued to Dijon a little. In Lyon, I had a head injury, on a nudge. I had loss of memory and worries of concentration. It lasted almost a month and a half ... And I had a problem with one knee after a shock in the match. Since I arrived in Bordeaux, this summer, everything is fine. "
But if this return to the competition is also reminiscent of the golden glove obtained by Angevin in the tricolor jersey at the U17 World Cup, she is still far from the Blue: "Things happen when everything goes well. I keep the French team in a corner of my head, I do not speak, but I want. Except that for now, the goal is to win my place, find time to play, feel good. "
Romane Bruneau in a nutshell
Born August 27, 1996 (22 years old), in Angers.
Clubs: Intrepid of Angers from 2004 to 2011, ESOF La Roche from 2011 to 2014, Juvisy in 2014, ESOF La Roche from 2015 to 2016, Dijon FCO from 2016 to 2017, Olympique Lyonnais from 2017 to 2018 and Girondins de Bordeaux since July 2018.
National selections: 18 in U17, 6 in U19 and 4 in U20.
Her record is U17 World Champion in 2012, best goalkeeper of the U17 World Cup in 2012, 3rd in the U20 World Cup in 2014.