Published on 20/10/2024 23:14
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<img class="francetv-player-wrapper__image" alt="After a financial demotion last year, the Girondins de Bordeaux now play in Nationale 2. In just a few seasons, the club has gone from the elite to the amateur world. Players explain why they agreed to come and play in the fourth division.” width=”432″ height=”243″ sizes=”100vw” src=”https://www.francetvinfo.fr/pictures/3y2WhECbPiZgXCLtspgg0hzOTAY/0x0:3554×1998/432×243/2024/10/20/000-36kb7m3-671567e5afa93386551345.jpg” fetchpriority=”high”/> Bordeaux, new beginning
After a financial demotion last year, the Girondins de Bordeaux now play in Nationale 2. In just a few seasons, the club has gone from the elite to the amateur world. Players explain why they agreed to come and play in the fourth division.
The Girondins de Bordeaux, who are restarting in National 2 this season, are discovering the amateur world and beginning their comeback, led by the Englishman Andy Carroll.
The Girondins are still alive, but are starting again from the bottom. Having come very close to disappearing, Bordeaux is leaving the fourth tier this season, National 2. In six years, weighed down by 100 million in debt, the Maritimes have gone from the top of the Ligue 1 table to the amateur world.
This season, no going green, no more team meals, considered too expensive. But the club can count on involved players, like veteran Andy Carroll, formerly of Liverpool, who scored his 5th goal in three games this weekend. “I think everyone says it’s a strange decision but for me it’s a great club and the opportunity to be part of a story that can be beautiful”estimates the England international (nine caps).
The club can also rely on the 11,000 spectators at Matmut Atlantique, who did not desert despite the lack of prestige of the posters. “I have a hard time realizing that we have come to see them play against US Avranches. Three years ago, we played against OM and Paris. It’s very difficult but we are still here”admits a supporter during the victory against Avranches this weekend (1-0). A Stage 2 subject broadcast on Sunday October 20.
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