Despite the struggles in Ligue 1, AS Saint-Etienne still had a good end to the season, with a Coupe de France final to play against Paris Saint-Germain next April.
In this year 2020, there is a Sainté in the championship, and a Sainté in the Coupe de France. If the first is at the lowest, with five losses in the last six days on the clock, the second is at the highest. Since having dominated Monaco at Louis-II in the round of 16, ASSE succeeded in eliminating the Rennes title holder in a madness semi-final at Le Chaudron (2-1). With a goal by Boudebouz in the 94th minute of play, Claude Puel’s team qualified for their first Coupe de France final since 1982. A feat that the Greens celebrated on their lawn with their supporters. What give a nice boost for the rest of the L1. In any case, this is the opinion of Jérôme Rothen.
“They can beautify this year”
“The Stéphanois are two points ahead of the roadblocker, it doesn’t matter, if you manage to keep up … Everything is done today so that the Ligue 1 club can still take over the Ligue 2 club. Now, if they manage to maintain themselves, it is no longer the tree that hides the forest this final of the Coupe de France, they can beautify this year. Freshness and confidence return with the Cup match. What they went through, the chemistry with the supporters, the group of players, with the staff, I think everything was forgotten on Thursday evening. The fact of celebrating it, of realizing that they can return to a certain technical level worthy of a Ligue 1 club, with at least the desire, the fact of running together … It gave a good Ligue team 1 and at the finish, they beat the third in the French championship. This must serve them this weekend to chain and receive Bordeaux, to use the euphoria with the supporters. It will give them energy over the next few games. Afterwards, you also have to imagine the worst, if they can’t beat Bordeaux this weekend, you fall back into daily life, the grueling pain for them this year. If they never win, and if so you go into this sequence where you are still in the red zone, or not far … In addition, after Bordeaux, they go to Monaco … Knowing that the Cup is at the end of the season, ten days before, you’re only going to think about this final… ”, explained, in Rothen Régale, the RMC consultant, who knows that Saint-Etienne will be playing big on Sunday afternoon.