Now with Mainz in the Bundesliga, Anthony Caci spent many years with Strasbourg in Ligue 1. And the left-back told an improbable anecdote during his visit to Alsace at the microphone of Captured Media. The 28-year-old had voluntarily taken a yellow card against Nantes in Ligue 1 to be suspended the following weekend and thus be able to see his girlfriend.
“These are not anecdotes that we normally tell. I was at a time in the season where I was going to be suspended if I got a yellow. And I needed to take a breather and see someone in private, my girlfriend today. I knew I was going to take a card because I wanted to relax the following weekend and therefore I was going to have time for my girlfriend. I told friends that I was going to get a box at such and such a minute. And that’s what happened. It was in Nantes, the opponent had the ball and I, who never tackles, let go of a big tackle. Nobody understood, neither my coach nor my teammates nor me in real life. It’s a beautiful anecdote. I acted like I was disgusted to get this yellow in front of the referee but in the end that’s what I wanted. Today, I have a child with my girlfriend so maybe it’s this little extra grain of madness that made the difference.”
