The international break will not have been easy for Denis Bouanga. The playerASSE is in Africa with its selection of Gabon as part of the CAN 2021 qualifiers, but the journey of the 26-year-old was very complicated, during a double confrontation with The Gambia.
ASSE: Denis Bouanga will hate the plane …
Denis Bouanga and ASSE got back on their feet just before the international break. Admittedly, they did not win on the OL lawn (1-2) during the derby, but the men of Claude Puel performed much better than in their previous five defeats and could have snatched a draw in the final minutes if Bouanga hadn’t missed his penalty. But the Stéphanois winger did not have much time to think about it. Summoned with the Gabon as part of the CAN 2021 qualifiers, he had to face, with the Panthers, Gambia in a double confrontation. But from the start, everything turned out to be more complicated than expected.
Tuesday, Denis Bouanga should therefore join its national selection in Libreville, Gabon. But the playerASSE missed his flight to the country and had to charter a private jet to reach the Gabonese capital. An initiative hailed by the local football federation: “Nobody wants to regret not having participated in this Gabon – Gambia. The Saint-Etienne striker, Denis Bouanga, could not take his Air France flight. this situation not at all easy for the coach Patrice Neveu, he wanted to return to the group by renting a plane which is to land in Franceville, via Libreville. Another lesson in patriotism for the one who has always proven his love for the national team since 2017. “
… And airports!
The ordeal could have ended there, with a nice conclusion. The Gabonese indeed won the first of their two confrontations by a score of 2-1, with in particular a realization of the player of theASSE. On Sunday evening, Patrice Neveu’s players had to go to Banjul, Gambia, for the second match against the Scorpions. But the Gabonese have experienced a new setback on Gambian soil. They were indeed stranded overnight at the airport, local authorities claiming administrative problems as well as Covid-19 tests. What enraged Denis Bouanga.
After hours spent in the structure, Denis Bouanga spoke on Instagram. “Unthinkable, unimaginable, to have so much cruelty like that, blurted out the player of theASSE. Make us wait five hours for a history of Covid test that we had already done 48 hours before, in an airport without air conditioning, without a bench … All this the day before a meeting … “Denis Bouanga concluded his message with a small threat: “Evil always returns one day or another to whoever did it. To the best of my mind! “The match against Gambia promises to be hot! On the side of ASSE, on the other hand, we have to wonder in what state of fatigue we will find one of Claude Puel’s key players.
Through Matthew