He is the attraction at the start of the year in Forez. Eirik Horneland arrived to replace Olivier Dall'Oglio. The team is in difficulty by occupying a play-off position. However, his arrival profoundly changed the way the team played. To the point of arousing concrete hope of maintenance for ASSE. This week, the France TV Sport cameras went to meet him.
During these first two matches of the year, whether at Geoffroy-Guichard or at the Parc des Princes, ASSE started with a lot of ambition. Playing with a high block, the Stéphanois were instructed to press intensely in order to recover the ball quickly. This strategy required great concentration and constant rigor throughout the matches, and the players responded. This seems to be the fruit of the character and methods of their new coach, who knew how to transmit his ideas from the start. But what is his secret?
Eirik Horneland doesn't just direct his players from the sidelines. Present at training very early, he installs the equipment for the sessions himself, a job that he considers essential to lay the foundations of a lasting dynamic.
“I’m the leader, but I also get my hands dirty.”
“Preparing training well is important to me. Being a good example for my players, being a good example for my supporters, being a good example for all the members of the club is important. I am a member of the staff, I am the leader but I also get my hands dirty Off the pitch, I am really relaxed but on the pitch, in training, in matches, I am focused. energy, I'm like that I want to see a team as active as! I try to push the players to reach their maximum level.”
-“Little by little, we want Saint-Etienne to find Europe again, that’s our ambition!” (Eirik Horneland, ASSE coach)
“Saint-Etienne is a mining town with great values like solidarity. We have fantastic supporters and we must give that back to them. Little by little, we want Saint-Etienne to find Europe again, that’s our ambition!”
“What we liked was the intensity he put into his matches. He has the idea of having the ball more in combined play, in small areas. For the moment, the players seem adhere and understood quickly. Now the hardest thing is to do it over time!” confides Loic Perrin.
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