Less than ten days before their final of the Coupe de France, Friday July 24 against PSG, the Greens continue their flawless preparation. After two fairly clear successes, against Rumilly (4-1) and Nice (4-1), Claude Puel’s men won against Charleroi, this Wednesday at l’Etrat, 4 goals to 0. Wesley Fofana opened the score of the head, following a corner played by two by Nordin and Bouanga, to allow ASSE to achieve a controlled first half (43rd).
With a redesigned eleven, Perrin and his teammates started the second period less well, forcing young Stefan Bajic to make a pretty parade to preserve their advantage (68th). But the Belgians could not maintain the pressure in front of the Stéphane area and finally saw the Greens widening the gap at the end of the match. Rookie Jean-Philippe Krasso offered his third goal in three games, making the break after a muddle in front of opponents’ goals (80th), before Ryad Boudebouz signs a double, well served by the young Rivera (82nd) , then credited with a penalty for an obvious foul on Hamouma (84th).
We will also note the return to defense of Harold Moukoudi, returned from his loan to Middlesbrough, and the first of Yvan Neyou, landed last week, in the midfield. AS St-Etienne will end the first phase of this summer preparation with a duel against another Belgian club, Anderlecht, this Saturday (3.30 p.m.). It will be time, then, to focus on traveling to the capital, the last meeting of the 2019-2020 season.
Friendly game
AS Saint-Etienne – Charleroi: 4-0 (1-0)
Goals: Fofana (43rd), Krasso (80th) and Boudebouz (82nd and 84th sp) for ASSE.
The ASSE composition in 1st MT: Moulin – Debuchy, Fofana, Kolodziejczak, G. Silva – Camara, M’Vila, Moueffek – Nordin, Khazri, Bouanga.
The ASSE component in 2nd MT: Moulin (then Bajic) – Bricklayer, Moukoudi, Kolodziejczak (then Perrin), Karamoko – Camara (then Gourna), M’Vila (then Neyou) – Hamouma, Boudebouz, Bouanga (then Rivera) – Abi (then Krasso).