AS Saint-Étienne players faced Puy Foot 43 for their first friendly match, an Altiligérien team from Nationale 2 which reached the round of 16 of the last Coupe de France. For this first friendly match of the summer, there were quite a few absentees on the scoresheet of the Greens: goalkeeper Jessy Moulin, defender Saïdou Sow, midfielders Lucas Gourna and Yvan Neyou, or even attackers Charles Abi and Wahbi Khazri.
Le Puy Foot 43 comes back twice
ASSE opened the scoring in the 47th minute, thanks to a goal from striker Jean-Philippe Krasso. Le Puy Foot equalized in the 72nd thanks to Bertrand Fourrier, served by Tim Jabol, before the Greens responded and a new Saint Etienne goal signed by Mathys Saban four minutes later. It was without counting on the determination of Puy-Foot, who equalized again in the 81st with a goal from Luca Capoue. The two teams therefore leave with a score of 2-2.
Perfect conditions for the Puy Foot coach
On the Puy Foot side, coach Roland Vieira appreciated this “nice opposition“. “It’s athletic work as a priority, but it’s good, we discover each other because we have new players and we saw very beautiful things and we are happy with the match that we were able to. to do, with not too many glitches, so all the better.“
“The conditions are there to set the pace, so that’s good. And then we, obviously on this kind of match and we are rigorous, we are attentive, we put a little more than usual“, explains Roland Vieira.”We had two teams playing and I think there was a great spirit in the game, a good pitch. So here is. After that, if that keeps going throughout the preparation, I would be very happy, but it’s the beginning. We are still full of freshness, after that it will harden.” The Greens will face Bourg-en-Bresse on July 16 at 6 p.m., still at l’Etrat. The same day, Puy Foot will face Villefranche.