Special match tonight for Idriss Saadi. The RC Strasbourg striker was indeed trained at AS Saint-Etienne. And even if he has played little among the professionals (25 matches in 4 seasons), even if he has been away for a long time (6 years), it is with great emotion that he will find Geoffroy-Guichard at the start of the evening.
In the columns of Progress, the Franco-Algerian explained how the 100th derby in history, played on September 25, 2010 and won 1-0 thanks to a masterful free kick from Dimitri Payet while the Lyonnais largely dominated, had marked: “The only stadium that gave me the same feelings as the Chaudron is the Meinau. The 100th derby, I was on the bench. We arrived by bus, we were shown a film retracing the entire rivalry. It got us in the bath. And Dimitri’s free kick is superb. On the bench, the explosion of joy, it was phew! We had returned to L’Étrat, there were all the supporters with songs and smoke, it was magnificent “.
No feeling so far
Nevertheless, Idriss Saadi will put feelings aside once the kick-off is given. Indeed, with zero points in two days, the Alsatians are already in an emergency and forced to leave the Cauldron with something… “We take this match very seriously, especially since Saint-Etienne is a great team. We know very well what to expect. “
The club-trained player recalls his memories at ASSE, including the 100th Derby 😌 #ASSE https://t.co/o6nCV2EqhF
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