On the lawn of the Stade de Reims, last night during the 19th day, AS Saint-Etienne lost (3-1, summary and notes). In addition to this heavy defeat, the Greens also lost their Greek central defender, Panagiotis Retsos (22 years old, 4 matches played in the league this season) to injury (strain on the left thigh). At a press conference, Claude Puel, the ligérien coach, returned to his choice to have the loaned player chained with the option to buy by Bayer Leverkusen, only three days after his return from a pubalgia.
“I was reluctant to start it. Kolodziejczak being ill, I could not align him, we are not spared. It was a choice between Retsos who came out of a good performance against Paris and Saïdou Sow, much younger. In a match like this, you need to be on solid ground. I don’t know how long we’re going to waste Retsos, but it’s problematic. We will see what it is possible to do on the transfer window“, confided the tactician Forézien.