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Yvan Plantey: “We have a defense which is inexperienced, and which last year would clearly not have started”

Yvan plantey, on France Blue Gironde, spoke about the defense of the Girondins de Bordeaux who conceded the trifle of 37 goals in 16 days of Ligue 1.

“We see a lot on social networks and more and more ‘Petkovic resign’… I would just like to highlight something, it’s defense. Laurent Koscielny hasn’t been around for a while, and he’s starting to get old. Let’s look at the defense we have. We have Edson Mexer, last year, everyone agreed that he did not have the level to be a starter. Enock Kwateng was Youssouf Sabaly’s unmistakable understudy, and there wasn’t a moment in the season when we asked ourselves the question ‘should Sabaly be replaced by Kwateng?’. Stian Gregersen has just arrived, he has potential, but he arrives in a defense which is a field of ruins. And Ricardo Mangas, he is 23 years old, about sixty matches at a very high level. We have a defense which is inexperienced, and which last year clearly would not have started. We can say it, we take a lot of goals, but we must also see the level of players available to Vladimir Petkovic … That’s why the critics, that of asking for the resignation of Petkovic, I find them easy and hard. Afterwards, it wouldn’t be shocking to change it, but I plead the time ”.

Girondins4Ever transcription

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