AS Saint-Etienne will be on the SCO Angers lawn this Saturday for Matchday 29 of Ligue 1. ASSE coach Claude Puel approaches this meeting with great conviction.
ASSE: Ten more finals to ensure the maintenance
After a great start to the season (three wins in the first three days), AS Saint-Étienne is forced to play maintenance. The Greens pay for their irregularity and are now in 16th place with 10 days from the end of the championship. Men from Claude Puel are only 5 points ahead of Nîmes, barrage. On the eve of the next outing from Saint-Étienne, the Saint-Etienne coach gave himself up on the state of mind that prevails among his foals. “We must not forget that football is still a game. It must be played with pleasure and seriousness. This state of mind will have to accompany us until the end of the season: to be serious and with a lot of convictions […] We have ten finals to play. Each match must be considered with this mentality, ”said the technician from Castres quoted by Progress.
Two absences and a return announced against Angers
In addition to this state of mind, Claude Puel urges his players to be more diligent. He no longer wants his foals to be so generous to their opponents. “It’s up to us to be level, not to give the opponent a ball,” said the Stéphanois coach. Against SCO Angers, ASSE will be deprived of two elements. The captain Mathieu Debuchy is suspended against club Anjou. The Saint-Etienne defender received a suspension game for accumulating cards. Victim of a hamstring injury, Romain Hamouma is still unavailable. Claude Puel announced the return of Wahbi Khazri against Angers. The Tunisian forward had missed Sainté’s last two games with thigh problems.
By Angel A.