Seventeenth in Ligue 1, the Girondins de Bordeaux have been particularly active during the winter transfer window, in order to strengthen a more than friable workforce since the start of the season. Results ? After the arrivals of Marcelo Guedes, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Danylo Ignatenko or ink Josuha Guilavogui, Vladimir Petkovic has a group “more balanced behind and in the middle”, as he also indicated, this Friday at a press conference. In the hot seat for several weeks despite a last snatch success against Strasbourg (4-3), the Girondins coach also knows that he will, once again, be eagerly awaited during the trip to the lawn of the Stade de Reims, Sunday at 15 hours.
A delicate situation for which the main interested party, who however prefers to be ironic: “it’s nice to have the spotlight on you, you feel like a Hollywood star”, joked the Swiss. A height gain that does not prevent him from being well aware of the urgency of the situation: “The leaders didn’t ask me anything special but everyone expects more. As team manager, I am expected to carry these ambitions, translate them to the field and lead the team higher in the standings., he also concluded.
