Sixteenth in Ligue 1 after the defeat against Lyon in the derby Sunday evening (2-0), Saint-Etienne is in full crisis.
And unfortunately for the Greens, this goes far beyond the results because internally, many problems plague the team, such as the conflict between Claude Puel and Stéphane Ruffier, a historic player of the Greens. Nothing works in Saint-Etienne, which pushes the observers to seriously worry about the maintenance, the partners of Mathieu Debuchy having only two points ahead of Nîmes, current 18th and barragiste. On the RMC antenna, Christophe Dugarry expressed his concern about the situation of Saint-Etienne, which he imagines without badly finishing in the red zone of the classification.
“We have been concerned about the situation in Saint-Etienne for a while, and I do not see any improvement. Sometimes there are small bursts, small reactions … But it is so insufficient in this championship which certainly does not shine by its technical quality, but which offers envy for the teams which are at the bottom of the ranking. Amiens is not going to let it be like that, Nîmes has managed to get his head out of the water, Dijon is formidable at home, Metz which is just above Saint-Etienne shows more qualities than ASSE… Sincerely, There is nothing reassuring for Saint-Etienne because in addition, we see them tremble, we see them chilly. Certainly there are experienced players. But I don’t believe in this theory of bosses who are going to get you out of the team. When you are the head in the seal, the bosses are with the others, they sink. I don’t see how they’ll get out and I think they’ll be in the cart. ” commented Christophe Dugarry, more worried than ever for AS Saint-Etienne eleven days before the end of the championship.