Currently last in the French Ligue 1 championship with three small points, AS Saint-Etienne is coming off a very heavy 5-1 defeat on the lawn in Strasbourg. A big setback without Ignacio Ramirez left behind by Claude Puel.
The Uruguayan striker was not present during this collective rout and he is really struggling to win in his new team. In an interview with the Uruguayan newspaper “El Païs”, it is his wife Anto Lima who talks about the difficulties of her companion and in particular the language barrier. “What’s complicated is the language. We take lessons. They don’t speak more than French here. Few speak English. […] Ignacio? Language costs him. ” She explains.
Before concluding and talking about the game: “He’s impatient and waiting for another chance to have more minutes and to be able to score a goal. I have great confidence in him and him too. It was all very abrupt. When he arrived, two days later, they put him into play, without much adaptation. Five days later, in another match, he was playing as a starter. Communication was difficult in the field. “ As a reminder, the 24-year-old forward joined Forez this summer on loan from Liverpool FC Montevideo in Uruguay.