Ben Shephard
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They went and we were waiting for new players and we played three games in the Europa League without any new players because of the situation of the club being for sale.
And then you come in this fourth, where obviously you won away from home the first leg in Ukraine, which is not easy.
No.
We're playing at home because the game was very late, quarter to nine, French time.
We decided to go to the hotel at midday.
And we go to the hotel, everything relaxed.
18 players, you're playing at home, you don't need an extra one, you know, it's a midday.
So if there's any problems, you can call someone at home.
And I knock, I knock on the door.
telling me the news that Laborde was not there.
He was playing.
He started number nine that night.
In the beginning, I thought it was ill, traffic, accident, or whatever.
And no, it was away at Montpellier.
And I called him.
My reaction was to call the player.
Gaitan, where are you?
Montpellier.
What are you doing there?
You played tonight.