Best player in Saint-Etienne in previous years, Stéphane Ruffier lives a very complicated 2019-2020 exercise in Forez.
Earlier this week, journalist Pierre Ménès even went so far as to worry about the morale of the ASSE goalkeeper. “Me, there is a player who worries me a lot on this team, it is Stéphane Ruffier, whom I find almost in depression. He sees the balloons pass, he seems to have run out. It’s not very expressive yet, but you can really feel it indicated the Canal Plus consultant. An impression visibly shared by the staff of Saint-Etienne since, according to Gilles Favard, Stéphane Ruffier should not keep Stéphane’s goals for the match against the Stade de Reims on Sunday afternoon.
“Claude Puel has just pulled Stéphane Ruffier from the team for Sunday’s game against Reims … nice atmosphere! “ published the columnist for La Chaîne L’Equipe, for whom it is therefore Jessy Moulin who will be in ASSE’s goals at 3 p.m. Sunday against the Stade de Reims near Geoffroy-Guichard. A strong choice on the part of Claude Puel, who undoubtedly hopes for an electric shock in order to wake up his team, beaten by Brest 3-2 last week and which now points to 16th place. Before the match against the Champenois at Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne has only two points ahead of Dijon, currently 18th and barragiste. The situation is more alarming than ever in Forez, hence this very risky bet taken by Claude Puel …