The ASSE is going badly and is threatened with relegation after 27 days of Ligue 1. Robert Herbin, in his commentary on the derby lost to OL (2-0), evokes the situation of Saint-Etienne.
Robert Herbin does not imagine ASSE going down to Ligue 2
The ASSE is 16th in Ligue 1 with 29 points, ahead of the Nîmes Olympique dam (18th with 27 points). That, 11 days before the end of the championship. With 9 defeats, a draw and a single victory in its last 11 games in Ligue 1, AS Saint-Etienne is in a very negative spiral.
Despite everything, Robert Herbin keeps his confidence in the team of Claude Puel. So much so that he does not imagine his core team going down to Ligue 2, when the threat of relegation is very real. “I don’t want to think about it. It’s crazy to say that we can go down to Ligue 2! I can not believe “, said the former ASSE coach on a daily basis Progress. Even if the 80-year-old technician does not want to believe it, the Greens are in danger and play the maintenance at the end of the season.
ASSE: The Coupe de France as a priority?
According to Robert Herbin, ASSE must focus on the Coupe de France while waiting to return to the championship on Sunday Bordeaux. Indeed, the Stéphanois face Stade Rennais in the semi-finals this Thursday, March 5 (kick-off at 8:55 pm) in Geoffroy-Guichard.
“The priority is to play intensively so as to qualify for the final “He said in the regional newspaper. According to the Sphinx, being 90 minutes from the final “ should prompt “Claude Puel’s players” to be much more determined “.
OL have earned their derby victory, says Herbin
Reverting to the important derby lost to the rival at Groupama Stadium, Robert Herbin admitted that OL deserved to win. According to him, ” the Lyonnais were really above “. ” The problem is recurrent, we do not have enough collective values. We lacked audacity, we were handicapped by the rhythm that the Lyonnais held “Commented the coach of the glorious epic of ASSE.
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Posted on March 03, 2020 at 2:51 PM |
updated on March 03, 2020 at 14:51