The Girondins obtained their maintenance in Ligue 1 thanks to their victory in Reims (2-1) on the last day of the season.
They finish in 12th place and above all end a very trying season between poor sporting results and the withdrawal of King Street, the club owner.
While waiting for the possible redemption of the club, Jean-Louis Gasset does not seem to be starting on his own and even says he is ready to continue the adventure.
A glimmer of hope at the end of a black season! This Sunday at the Auguste Delaune stadium, the Girondins de Bordeaux ensured their maintenance in Ligue 1 thanks to a success against Reims (2-1). On the verge of a precipice in recent weeks, the Navy and White finally even finished in a surprising 12th place with a third victory in four games. “I am relieved, savors Jean-Louis Gasset, we end up taking 9 points out of 12 in May! "And that was necessary to save oneself after a nightmarish second part of the season between catastrophic sporting results with 12 defeats in 17 games since the end of January and a very complicated extra-sporting situation with the withdrawal of King Street, the investment fund. American club owner.
"We are tired but happy", sums up Alain Roche, the Bordeaux sports director. This last match in Champagne was a small summary of the Girondins' season. A start to the meeting without envy and aggressiveness like this duel lost by Laurent Koscielny on the opening of the Reims score of Touré then a reaction by surely one of the most exemplary players of the season, Yacine Adli. The midfielder equalized with a very nice volley before half-time. Much safer technically in the second act, the Navy and White took the advantage thanks to Enock Kwateng on a corner from Toma Basic. “We finished on a good note and we scratched two places in the standings. It's good. We are still disappointed with our season because we had other goals, ”admits the second scorer of the evening.
"Why not ...", Gasset not yet gone?
After the meeting, Jean-Louis Gasset made a first assessment.
For the former assistant to Laurent Blanc, his team had an "acceptable" first part of the season before "losing the thread" with in particular the injury of Otavio.
And he took his share of the responsibility: “Everyone made mistakes, so we must not hide.
I did, and a lot.
He is surely thinking of his initial choice to recruit Hatem Ben Arfa and give him the keys to the truck.
A player that he practically ended up dismissing at the end of the season to finish it instead with many young people on whom he did not count at all at the start.
In any case, even at the height of the storm he held the course.
And that, no one will be able to take away from him.
For the rest, as Jean-Louis Gasset says, "we are in an artistic vagueness" since if the Girondins have remained on the ground, it will be necessary to confirm it behind the scenes with the redemption of the club.
The candidates had until Monday to send their letter of intent to the Rothschild investment bank.
Under contract until June 2022, the Bordeaux coach has yet been announced to be leaving for several weeks:
I love this job even if sometimes you find it unfair, or too difficult.
Already, I am going to rest because I am tired.
But that's all I can do in my life.
If everything is together and everyone is on the same planets, why not… I could go on.
"
At the moment T, it is still difficult to imagine him on the Bordeaux bench next season for the good reason that if there is a future buyer, he will come with his own sports team to lead the club with the trainer of their choice.
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