Friendly Draw Disappoints Blanc
Laurent Blanc has revealed that he was rather disappointed to only draw with Osasuna on Friday evening. Bordeaux’s head coach was ideally seeking a victory to gather some momentum before next Sunday’s big league match with Marseille…
It has been a tough opening to the season for Bordeaux. After a strong performance last term, much has been expected of Laurent Blanc’s men. At times they have appeared poised to deliver but, as yet, they have yet to really find their touch in front of goal while composure in defence is also lacking.
Taking advantage of the international break, Blanc’s men played a friendly with Spanish side Osasuna on Friday evening. A second half free-kick from Wendel gave the French side the advantage, however, a goal from Rodrigues left the match level at full-time, an outcome that disappointed the Bordeaux head coach.
“This is a match I would like to have won,” Blanc told the club’s official website today, “It would have been interesting for us psychologically.
“We had the possibility of it but, unfortunately, we threw away a lead, which I hope will not characterise us this season. When we scored, we suddenly became feverish with worry over the prospect of losing one. This is exactly what happened and it is something we need to work on. There were encouraging things and aspects that were less so but the work-out will have done us good.”
Looking ahead to next week’s two tough clashes, which will see Bordeaux face Marseille and Chelsea in a matter of days, Blanc said, “I believe that in the defensive field we can do better.
“We are not in the best psychological position at the moment to be at our very best but we have to cope with that… With the challenges that are proposed to us, we will have to be at our very best level in several aspects of our play.”
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