The Girondins de Basic are no longer advancing. - NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP

  • The Girondins bow at Matmut Atlantique against OL (2-1).
  • Beyond the defeat, it is the attitude of the Bordeaux people that worries more and more.
  • Paulo Sousa raised his voice, like his captain Benoît Costil after the meeting.

The Bordeaux patient worries more and more. Since early December, his condition has only worsened. And it is not the start in the Coupe de la Ligue (victory against Le Mans) that will reassure its supporters. This Saturday, he relapsed and not just a little. Largely dominated by OL, the Girondins lost again at home (2-1). This is the fourth straight defeat in Ligue 1. Yes, yes, the patient is in bad shape.

Beyond the technical level afflicting once again, it is the heads of Bordeaux that worry today. "I think we lack confidence. It's normal when you start losing one, two, three, four games… It drops very quickly. It's very hard, ”admits a lucid Otavio. Like his team, the Brazilian midfielder is no longer at his level at the start of the season. Worse, some of his teammates question by their attitude.

Paulo Sousa targets the attitude of certain players

An attitude which of course did not escape Paulo Sousa. So after the meeting, the Portuguese coach did not go there by all means: “When I got here, everyone said to me: Bordeaux is Club Med. We have to change that. We have to develop another culture. Some believe they have already arrived when there is still a lot to do ”. It is clear, clean and precise.

Rémi Oudin in the Girondins' jersey. - NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP

If he does not "raise the tone" in the coming days because he "prefers the discussion", he reminds his players of their homework: "To play in Bordeaux, you have to have an attitude. Everyone should be like Laurent (Koscielny). Beyond his qualities, he has an irreproachable behavior, gives everything. We must take an example from him. It would be time, because the Girondins are sinking seriously into the soft stomach of Ligue 1. For the moment, they are not even invited in the race for Europe.

Technically @girondins it is said to be one of the worst teams in league 1. And under his request to master the matches but c impossible. His philosophy does not match the qualities of our players. We gotta be just a counter team

- Gentil-Ghana (@girondinstef) January 11, 2020

A patient aware of his condition

In all this, there is all the same a ray of hope to restore the Bordeaux patient. He seems aware of his condition, like Benoît Costil. The goalkeeper and captain was the author of a very strong speech in the locker room at the end of the game:

"We are not going to go crazy now but it is prohibited, I mean it is forbidden to let go!" It's too easy to be good, happy when everything is going well, but real people are seen in difficult times. So no doubt, no psychosis but we must do better. "

He also took the opportunity to remind his teammates that they would not have the right to make mistakes in Pau next Thursday in the Coupe de France, or against Marseille in two days. By then, the Girondins hope to regain their health and, as Otavio says, for that, there is a solution: "In these moments, it is very important the head. It is the head that will make the difference. As long as the migraine stops quickly.

"It is forbidden to let go", Captain Costil speaks after the meeting #FCGBOL pic.twitter.com/z61GgAlj4i

- FC Girondins de Bordeaux (@girondins) January 11, 2020

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