ASSE was convincing on Saturday against Auxerre. The Sainté Night Club returned to the great performance of the Greens. Adrien Ponsard, former Saint-Etienne striker, spoke alongside Elias, independent scout. Excerpts.
Sissoko (ASSE) scores points
Adrien Ponsard (Ex-ASSE): “We played a little more in depth. We were able to serve Sissoko, which I found very good. We relied on the speed of Ben Old and Davitashvili. It was perfect.
We found a player like Sissoko. He gained confidence in Nantes by scoring a double. Scoring the first goal is good, but the hardest part was scoring the penalty with the pressure on your shoulders. Finding a player like that is super important for the team afterwards. Knowing that he had lost his place in the previous matches, he could have doubted. I am well placed to talk about it. Nolan (Roux) will also confirm it here. When an attacker doubts, it’s complicated to get back into it. And there, he really had a very good match. In everything he did, he was calm. We saw him calm on deflections, on possession, to keep the ball in play, which he had not done at the start of the season. So, I think scoring that double did him some good.
A promising Stassin
Adrien Ponsard (Ex-ASSE): “Having competition pushes you to make even more effort. And efforts always pay off at one point or another. He is very young, he comes from a championship that is a little weaker on paper. his first match against Lille, I found him good. He has an opportunity that he doesn’t take. He is a young player. He will learn with players like Davitashvili, Sissoko. will give him a little more experience I think we shouldn’t pull too hard on him.”
Elias (Scout) : “I who knew him before he arrived at Sainté, he is an attacker who is not at all selfish. He said it. His example and his style is a Benzema style. That is to say that he is a player who will participate in the game. He is a guy who is extremely generous in his efforts, in counter-pressing. He’s going to be a bit of a pain to play for opposing defenders. He will try to drive them crazy in every duel. It’s good to have two profiles like that. The two could play together at some point. Stassin could become the Darling of the Cauldron.”
