Current coach of ES Veauche (R2), Mickaël Pontal (40) continues to closely follow ASSE, his former club. “Still living here, I manage to go regularly to Geoffroy-Guichard when I can or otherwise I watch the matches on TV. I am also sometimes invited on the set of Club ASSE, on TL7. It’s a pleasure ”, he confides in But Saint-Etienne, to be published this Wednesday.
“I trust Claude Puel”
The former defender expresses his optimism in relation to Claude Puel’s project. “It’s a management that is totally different from Jean-Louis Gasset. This project can take time, we’ll see what it can do. It is a delicate job. But I trust Claude Puel, he has a lot of experience, that’s something important. The young people will have their say, and that can only be beneficial for the club. “
According to “Ponpon”, ASSE would benefit from settling once and for all the case of Stéphane Ruffier, he who fully trusts Jessy Moulin to assume his level of status as goalkeeper n ° 1. “Knowing Jessy, I don’t worry, whether sporting or humanely. He is a boy who has always worked in the shadows and who deserved to be a little more in the light. He must have a lot of motivation and he has all the experience to fully assume his role as holder. “