AS Saint-Étienne, with their five straight defeats, have the biggest misform of any Ligue 1 team. Not the best way to prepare for a crucial derby against Lyon.
The ASSE sinks further. Against Montpellier (1-0) at Geoffroy-Guichard, the Greens were beaten on Sunday (9th day) for the fifth time in a row in as many Ligue 1 matches. A sad series that comes after three victories as a prelude to the exercise 2020-2021. Pierre Ménès is more and more worried about the Greens, thirteenth in the league, but who fall a little lower every week. The Canal + journalist is dismayed by the game offered by the Stéphanois. He did not spare Claude Puel and his managers, whose internal strategy he has great difficulty understanding.
“So I don’t mind there being a lot of absentees, especially in defense. That the sale of Fofana was financially inevitable. But I don’t understand what Puel is doing. Bouanga was on the bench, Khazri comes back, then Khazri comes back out… I think this perpetual feeling of insecurity is deeply damaging to such a young team. I said that I was not a fan of this project, that too much youth is killing youth. Unfortunately, this is what is happening. So I know for a fact that the club has financial problems, but it still sold Saliba and Fofana for € 70 million in a few months. It might have been a good idea to reinvest 10 or 15 in two more experienced center-backs. And the next match for the Greens, it will be in Lyon. Suffice to say that it does not smell very good … “, he blurted out on the media’s official website. “This Saint-Etienne group has neither tail nor head” but will have to recover on Sunday in the derby at Groupama Stadium.