Obraniak broken by Deschamps

The accusation is not trivial, formulated these days in the podcast Ballon, Main, Corps with Sébastien Bassong, Ricardo Faty and Quentin Westberg at his side. During the 2021-2022 season, Ludovic Obraniak, who hung up his boots three years earlier at Auxerre, tried his hand at the role of strategist on the bench at Le Touquet, in National 3, the fourth division of French football. This after having cut his teeth as an assistant coach at IC Lambersart, in the North.

The adventure was short – barely thirty matches – and the person concerned explains it today, incriminating the national coach Didier Deschamps by name. “ I said a couple of things about Deschamps and in return, I ate rubble and stones for a few months. Stone soup… When I was a coach at Le Touquet, he returned the favor as it was due. I didn’t coach my team just once on the bench, I coached all year in the stands. They didn’t suspend me, but they prevented me. The rule where you need one year of seniority as number one, you just change number one and number two on the match sheet, no one ever bothers you. I wasn’t allowed to speak or get up. We got fines, lots of things… »

A reconversion in mind

Without a required diploma, of course, Ludovic Obraniak believes he suffered from preferential treatment for his criticisms of the number one ambassador of the FFF. A crime of lèse-majesté that the authorities made him pay for, according to him. “ We could have called each other, explained (with Deschamps, editor’s note), but it’s like that », regrets the one who now devotes himself to an activity as a TV consultant. With all the same a little idea of ​​retraining in mind. “ I think I’m far from being a good number one (as a coach, editor’s note), I’m not ready. I think I need to go through an assistant phase behind someone for a few months. I see myself more as a sports director, a man in the shadows who brings people together behind the scenes. »