ASSE receives Bordeaux this Saturday evening (9 pm) on behalf of the 6th day of Ligue 1. A meeting between the two worst students of the championship since it opposes the penultimate, Saint-Étienne to the red lantern.
“Being 19th, it stings”
Before being really in bad shape, ASSE must react. Because the Greens are 19th and penultimate, with a sad record: no victory in the first five days. So is there already danger?
“Danger, I don’t know. After five days, nothing is fixed. Last year at the same stadium, we were at the top, we had 10 points and everyone saw us having a good season“, temper Yvan Neyou.
“But to be relegated, it stings. We must be aware that we are not in the right place. Being 19th at the end of the season means being relegated and I believe that we are not a team that does not have Ligue 1 level.“
“We made a bad start to the championship”
But the general manager, Claude Puel, is colder about the situation. “It’s a bad start and it’s up to us to face it. We’re late and being relegated isn’t a pleasure. We have to react and get out of this red zone as quickly as possible. We are going to face Bordeaux which is in exactly the same situation as us. It will be a tough match and for us there is no time to waste“.
To win on Saturday evening against Bordeaux, the red lantern, is almost imperative. To revive first of all. But also for celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium with dignity.