AS Saint-Etienne : an empty stadium, good news against PSG | ASSE News

The ultra Stéphanois and Parisians have decided to boycott the final of the Coupe de France because only 5,000 spectators will be allowed to attend.

It has been official since yesterday early Friday evening: Saint-Etienne supporters will not attend the Coupe de France final between ASSE and PSG on Friday 24 July. As the government did not allow more than 5,000 people to meet at the Stade de France, only 900 tickets would have been available for the ultras foréziens. They should have chosen, they did not want to and took this radical decision which was followed by their Parisian counterparts. In doing so, the Greens supporters may have done their players a proud service.

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Put the ogre to sleep …

Indeed, between the doped Parisian financial and Stéphanois having finished in the depths of Ligue 1, the fight was announced unbalanced. On the one hand, a Mexican army united with millions, on the other, a club forced into austerity. In France, PSG only plays four games a year: both against OM because they are the only ones with pressure and the two Cup finals. Since the arrival of the Qataris, the only times they have not won a trophy is either because they were surprised by a small home team in the Cup (Montpellier, Evian TG, Guingamp), or because they scuttled each other (the 2017 championship, the Coupe de France final last year against Rennes, against whom they were leading 2-0). The latter is very unlikely for July 24 since it will be the first match since the end of competition and PSG must prepare its Champions League quarter-final against Atalanta three weeks later. .

… Thanks to an empty stadium

For Claude Puel and his men, salvation will come through the dozing of the Parisian ogre. And for that, what could be better than a large, almost empty speaker with very little noise? If there had been ultras, it might have woken up the stars, but since they won’t be there, it could take a long time for them to regain their usual level. Knowing that after the roustes endured during the winter (0-4 in the league, 1-6 in the Coupe de la Ligue), AS Saint-Etienne will not go into collision, the scenario could be almost ideal for the Greens. After that, it remains theory. If Kylian Mbappé, Neymar and company have decided to play their first game at 100 per hour, the Foréziens will have a bad hour and a half. But it is clear that the absence of their ultras is not necessarily a bad thing …