AS Saint-Etienne : Excellent news finally falls for Sainté | ASSE News

Defeated on the lawn of FC Lorient (1-2), the Greens suffered a setback against a direct competitor. But’ASSE wants to prove that she has resilience from Wednesday (7 p.m.) against a big chunk this season in Ligue 1, the RC Lens. By correcting the errors encountered in Brittany, Claude Puel intends to make a blow against a surprisingly promoted sixth. With 30 points, the Stéphanois are not immune to the red zone, five points from Nîmes, 18th, and six from FC Nantes, 19th and relegation.

RC Lens, a “good challenge” for ASSE

ASSE seemed to have the game in hand at Moustoir last weekend. But the men of Claude Puel did not know how to hold on the length and one ended up releasing and letting slip three points which stretched out their arms to them. “In Lorient, we had a fairly consistent first half, deciphered the coach of AS Saint-Etienne. In the second half, we did not hold the ball enough. We lost three or one point while we should have mastered the game better technically. There were a lot of poorly done efforts. Reindeer (2-0), we made better use of the ball in the ball exits, we were able to be cleaner. Against Reims (1-1), we had to play the game but we did not know how to put them under pressure. “And the Forézien coach knows who he will have to do on Wednesday:” Against RC Lens, we will be facing a big pressing, a lot of intensity with or without the ball. We will meet a team that is confident, that plays fair. Lens is a team that has gained confidence, manages to have control. I like the game of this team and it will be a good challenge for us. “

Excellent news in the Saint-Etienne workforce

And RC Lens arrives with ambitions to Saint Etienne. Florian Sotoca comes “to win”, while Franck Haise does not set limits. “The goal is to go as high as possible. Maybe it will be 8th or 10th, because there can still be a lot going on. But as long as we produce this game, as long as we put this investment, we have the right to dream of the best. The first objective was to maintain it. We obtained it in the 26th day and that, no one will be able to take it away from us. We will try to finish as high as possible but I I’m not going to talk about Europe. If we’re 5th to 37th matchday, it might be something else, “said the Sang et Or coach.

ASSE will be able to galvanize itself with good news with the return to the lawns of L’Etrat d ‘Yvann Mason, seriously injured in the knee in October. “Mason has resumed the race, it’s nice to see him on the field again. Hamouma has resumed the race too, but it will be a long time yet. Khazri has resumed, but individually, we’ll see when he regains his physical potential. It will be the same group as against Lorient. We lack regularity in our services. We are cyclical in our results. My players? Few of them manage to ensure regularity in their performances. But in spirit and commitment, there we are. At the moment, we lack a lot of qualities. It’s up to us to work. ”This is where theASSE will get by.

By Matthew