Beaten by Strasbourg on the final day, AS Saint-Étienne is playing big for their next outing. ASSE host OL on Sunday on behalf of Ligue 1 matchday 21.
ASSE under pressure before the derby
With the cases of Covid-19 within its workforce, AS Saint-Étienne was downsized during its last outing. The team of Claude Puel is (logically) inclined on the lawn of RC Strasbourg. The Saint-Etienne coach and a dozen of his elements did not make the trip to Alsace because they tested positive. On Sunday, the Loire club are expected to find themselves further reduced against Olympique Lyonnais. In conference, the Stéphanois coach has already announced that six players will be withdrawn from the derby. The Castres technician hopes for returns until Sunday, the day of the meeting. Before challenging Lyon (3rd), Saint-Étienne is only 16th in Ligue 1. The Greens remain on a streak of five games without a win, including two successive defeats.
Saint-Étienne supporters back before Lyon
As some uncertainties hover around ASSE’s eleven against OL, supporters have added additional pressure on management. While one would expect them to call for reinforcements in this transfer window, their request is quite different. On banners displayed on the outskirts of Geoffroy-Guichard, these supporters call for the departure of the current executive. “The institution above all. Romeyer and Caïazzo, get out! “, Is it written on one. “Caiazzo, getting high is good, going out the door is better! », Can we read on another banner. As if to say that a new underperformance of the Greens against the Lyon enemy could push the club further into crisis.
By Angel A.