Even if Jessy Moulin had a less good shot against Nice, Claude Puel confirmed his goalkeeper and closed the door to a return of Stéphane Ruffier as No. 1 at AS Saint-Etienne.
Involved but not necessarily guilty in two of the three goals of OGC Nice, Sunday in Geoffroy-Guichard, Jessy Moulin had his first failed match since replacing Stéphane Ruffier in the goals of AS Saint-Etienne at the start year. Having understood that this would put the shelving of Stéphane Ruffier back on the front of the stage, the coach of the Greens cut the debate short, Claude Puel coming to firmly support Jessy Moulin, while completely closing the door to a return of the former holder. While ASSE supporters do not all agree on this subject, Jérôme Alonzo makes his voice heard in Le Progrès. For the former goalkeeper of the Greens, now a consultant, we must respect the choice of the coach of Saint-Etienne while recalling that Stéphane Ruffier is not the bad guy that some wanted to describe.
For Jérôme Alonzo, we still need to restore serenity and calm around this goalkeeper position at AS Saint-Etienne. ” Unlike some of my colleagues who were very violent with Stéphane Ruffier on TV, I have the weakness to think that Stéphane is a huge goalkeeper. He may have been worse in January / February, and yet that didn’t jump out at me. So yes, it may be unfair to him and I find it a mess for ASSE (…) The handling of this matter bothers me. I’m not sure it’s junk as we want to believe. Me, in any case, he is a boy whom I adore, whom I respect enormously and whom I find very good (…) Sportingly, Claude (Puel) thinks, in his soul and conscience, that Jessy (Moulin) is a better goalkeeper than Stéphane (Ruffier). It’s up to them to deal with it now The former ASSE goalkeeper said in the regional daily.