“It’s so great to be back at this level.”

Dijon – FBBP 01 Friday, at 7:30 p.m.

Gilles Garnier, how did you manage this off-season?

“I am already satisfied with the outcome of last season. We went from dismay, disappointment, bitterness to hope in a few days. Confirming this hope was even more beautiful. Then, there was the departure of Hervé Della Maggiore (to Orléans, Editor’s note). I knew he had meetings, I was in the know. I was very clear with him, I told him that if he felt he had to leave, he had to do it, I wasn’t going to force it. We are friends, I didn’t want him to come see me two months later and tell me that he shouldn’t have stayed. He made his decision, I felt bad for…