AS Saint-Etienne : Ligue 1 – 21st day – Before Saint-Étienne – Lyon: Jessy Moulin, the patient from Saint-Etienne | ASSE News

Sometimes there are life destinies that are written quickly, others late. That of Jessy Moulin wraps in length and patience. While he has passed the threshold of thirty for five years, the goalkeeper donned, at the end of the summer, the number one costume in the Stéphane cages, thus rewarding him for his loyalty to the club. “Compared to his human qualities, his loyalty, his personal investment when he was not titular, it is a beautiful wink of fate that he is now number one“, Narrates Patrick Guillou, former player of the Greens and consultant to BeIN Sports for the Bundesliga. It is true that Saint Etienne, difficult to blame Jessy Moulin for his involvement, or even his passion for the club that built him from his adolescence to the man he is today. “He arrived from Valence at thirteen, but he became a real Stéphanois, Gilbert Ceccarelli, former ASSE porter in the 1980s and 1990s, confided in the team a few months ago. He was determined, passionate and hardworking. We even had to channel this energy. “

This energy, he put it at the service of the collective for a decade to play the liners behind Jérémie Janot then Stéphane Ruffier. Without ever complaining, being satisfied with the meager playing time that was offered to him in Ligue 1 and in the national cups (only 28 games played between the 2010-11 and 2019-20 seasons). Other guards would no doubt have been less patient and would have gone elsewhere to play. Sporting logic requires. He preferred to stay and wait with calm and simplicity. Because Jessy Moulin has the green jersey under her skin. “He’s a club guy, he’ll always be there for ASSE, says Adrien Blettery, journalist at TV7 Saint-Étienne. He was always there when it came time to play. As Stéphane Ruffier no longer fit into Claude Puel’s plans, it was normal to see Jessy Moulin take his place. ” Patrick Guillou adds: “Many coaches have passed through Saint-Étienne. Christophe Galtier, Oscar Garcia, Jean-Louis Gasset, Julien Sablé, Ghislain Printant, and they did not play him. There was a number one and a number two. Jessy Moulin was always number two. The arrival of Claude Puel has redistributed the cards.The fate of the native of Valencia then changed. From the eternal second, Jessy Moulin has become the titular goalkeeper of AS Saint-Étienne, more than twenty years after his arrival at the club, less infant and juvenile face. This time, the head is shaved, the beard graying and the musculature perfectly defined. The Stéphanois can dive into the deep end of Ligue 1.

On the meadow, his first performances as number one are scrutinized. AS Saint-Étienne preferred to trust their lining rather than an outside goalkeeper. And the start in the Championship justifies this choice. Like a sparkling young team from Saint-Etienne, he conceded no goals in ASSE’s first three victories against Lorient, Strasbourg and Marseille. Solid and praised services. The Greens prance at the head of the Championship and inevitably attract attention. But the enchanted parenthesis ends quickly, much too quickly. Between September 26 and December 11, ASSE continues a cataclysmic series of eleven games without a victory, including seven defeats in a row. The black hole.

In Saint-Etienne goals, Jessy Moulin cannot stop the downward spiral. The goalkeeper then cashed twenty goals and accumulated doubts. His saves are less decisive, his outings shaky and his footwork rickety. “His first part of the season is a reflection of the team as a whole. There were average matches, others better, but he never gave up and that’s positive, describes Patrick Guillou. From the moment the team does not win, he is necessarily singled out. But everything was going well at the start of the season, we must not forget that. ” For Adrien Blettery, the 35-year-old doorman is not the only one to blame: “He made some risky raises, we felt less serene. He was not at the level, but like the whole team. We must not shoot red balls at him. He is average, like the team. Its services are ups and downs. In the last matches, it’s a little better. ”