Since his appointment last December, Pascal Dupraz has not yet succeeded in straightening AS Saint-Etienne. The bad series continues despite the determination of the new coach, who unfortunately enters the history of the Greens for him.
No miracle for AS Saint-Etienne. Despite the change of coach last month, the expected electroshock did not take place. The Pascal Dupraz effect is slow to materialize. And during this time, the Greens continue to sink in Ligue 1. The red lantern, beaten in the derby against Olympique Lyonnais (1-0) on Friday, recorded its seventh consecutive defeat in the league! The statistic is overwhelming, as is the one that indicates that no club with 12 points in 21 matches has ever managed to avoid relegation at the end of the season.
#Dupraz “This is new for me: I usually get results faster when I replace a colleague. I repeat: we have a one in two chance of remaining. I don’t have another spreadsheet. Wisdom and my blissful optimism make me say that we must continue » #OLASSE
— Nicolas Georgereau (@ngeorgereau) January 21, 2022
This is to say the task that awaits Pascal Dupraz, who has already marked the history of the club in a negative way. Indeed, the technician became the first ASSE coach to start with three defeats in the league. But fortunately for him, the successor of Claude Puel is not a follower of statistics. ” I will continue to encourage the players, to imagine a favorable outcome, he confided on Prime Video. I am going to say, contrary to the calculations which tend to prove, under the pretext that these are statistics, that it would be impossible to hold on with 12 points at this time, that we have a chance of holding on. »
” There is a one in two chance of being relegated to Ligue 2, because either we go down or we stay… It’s taking things with a lot of philosophy, it’s mine and I’m very interested in it, continued Pascal Dupraz. I’m going to make sure that the players show even more, free themselves up even more, work even more, that we erase the shortcomings and above all that we pocket the points quickly. A success would indeed be welcome during the late match in Angers on Wednesday.