Ranked last in the Ligue 1 standings after 12 days of the Championship, AS Saint-Etienne worries terribly. The Greens are faltering and optimism is no longer really required.
Times are hard for the Green People, and it is not the prospect of hosting Clermont next weekend in a closed-door Geoffroy-Guichard which should bring smiles back to Saint-Etienne supporters. Because the promoted, who is experiencing a low speed, will not come to the Cauldron as an expiatory victim, Gastien’s players being determined to take the three points against a Saint-Etienne team which has not won anything since the start of the 2021 season. -2022. However, stuck in 20th place with only six small points, the Stéphanois clearly need a success, a draw is no longer really sufficient at a time when the first gaps are between the relegation zone and the rest of Ligue 1. Even if the season is still long, and while the future of Claude Puel is still uncertain, the situation is very serious for AS Saint-Etienne, and Denis Balbir does not hide his great concern for his heart club.
ASSE plays its future in Ligue 1 over two matches
The journalist believes that now is the time for general mobilization on the Etrat side, and that the next two games will probably be decisive for the future of ASSE in Ligue 1. ” Beyond pessimism or optimism, we owe it to ourselves to be realistic today: at the present time, Saint-Etienne has one foot in Ligue 2. This season, luck is on the decline. turn. To save itself in 2020-21, ASSE had been able to count on the repeated missteps of its rivals for maintenance. This year, even when the Greens collect points, the others do more. In view of the situation, the matches which arrive against Clermont and against Brest are even more decisive. The situation is becoming more and more critical. I think some players don’t realize it. We have to stop approaching the matches as a dilettante, now we have to strip off, realize that the green jersey is an institution and that we have to fight every game as was the case against Lyon during the derby. ASSE must transform into a Cup team every weekend », Explains a slightly worried Denis Balbir on ButFootballClub.