A victory in five preparation matches. This is so far the record of AS Saint-Etienne of Claude Puel, who fell Wednesday night against Olympique Marseille due to a late goal scored by Alvaro Gonzalez in the 87th minute with a header uncrossed (1-2). However, the coach of the Greens did not want to see all the negative in the setback conceded by his team. The native of Castres valued the attitude of his group on the official website of ASSE: “It was a good preparation game with chances on both sides, quality and a lot of intensity. Both teams are picking up speed and put on a great show. For an hour, we were efficient. We came back better in the second half than the Marseillais. It’s a shame to concede this goal on a set piece after a very big opportunity in our favor. A draw would have reflected the investment of the two teams. In any case, I really liked the new associations “, he said.
“It was informative”
Deprived of Romain Hamouma, Saïdou Sow, Arnaud Nordin, Miguel Trauco, Aïmen Moueffek, Maxence Rivera and Stefan Bajic, Saint-Étienne knew how to progress physically according to his trainer, especially compared to the last outing, which took place against Clermont (defeat 2-3). “We held 25 minutes with good intensity against Clermont. Today (Wednesday, editor’s note), it was 60 minutes. We managed some good sequences. We could have been fairer in certain situations. We quickly projected ourselves into their surface. We were simply surprised at the start of the match since we didn’t play the first five minutes. Then we rebalanced the debates and it was instructive. “
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The Greens lose 2-1 to Gueugnon.
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– AS Saint-Étienne (@ASSEofficiel) July 28, 2021
For the final pre-season preparation match, Saint-Étienne will face Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday (3.30 p.m.), before starting the 2021-2022 Ligue 1 season on Sunday 8 August at Geoffroy-Guichard against Lorient. (15 hours).