Like every week, After Foot returned to the Ligue 1 matches. Damien Perquis and Kévin Diaz commented on ASSE's victory. Transcription.
ASSE relied on the Cauldron
Kévin Diaz after ASSE – RCSA : “We can say that Olivier Dall'Oglio's choices paid off. Even if we can say that if Moreira scored his first opportunity, the match would have been totally different. For me, this meeting highlights the homogeneity of the championship. But also the level of Ligue 1. Strasbourg was excellent against Marseille. Against ASSE, they are a shadow of themselves. They are in difficulty away from home because they are a young team. Then, they played in a Cauldron which bears its name so well. Extraordinary. What an atmosphere. ASSE must enjoy it. Managing emotions is necessarily a question of youth and maturity.
On the opening score, you can't get caught like that. He doesn't even play the ball. In this Ligue 1, the teams in form have no continuity. We saw with Brest or Strasbourg. Saint-Etienne was playing for its life and we saw that Strasbourg did not respond in the battle. The aggression, the mood and the atmosphere were for the Greens.
Abdelhamid on the bench? It's not that surprising what's happening. When you leave Reims after so many years, you arrive with a status. But your teammates didn't follow you on a daily basis. There you have to prove everything again. At that age, it's very complicated.
ODO? He brings ASSE up to Ligue 1. He knows Ligue 1. He may not be Mourinho but he is a good coach in our championship. He inherits a squad that everyone agrees is very capable of improvement. You are going to change coaches and what will that change? It won't change anything! It's early November at the moment. You have to wait. Saint-Etienne is on time.”
Damien Perquis after ASSE – RCSA : “The youth of Strasbourg were able to be impressed by the Cauldron. When it was necessary to push the Greens in the second half, Geoffroy-Guichard jumped into action. It's no longer the same story. I hope I'm wrong, but Strasbourg had its biggest matches against the big leagues of Ligue 1. I hope they don't choose their weekends.
Stassin, a difficult apprenticeship
Kévin Diaz after ASSE – RCSA : “Stassin is a very young player. I know the Belgian championship very well. It's not at all the same opposition. For many, the defenders are under 25 years old. This championship is more juvenile. The sizes are not the same. Ligue 1 is tough. Learning is hard. We've seen a lot of players come from these championships and fail. Shame that he misses his face-to-face against Lille He leaves on his own and comes up against Chevalier This could have been the trigger. But he is a young player whose qualities we can see. He is only 19 years old. To play the role, Sissoko is doing well.
Damien Perquis after ASSE – RCSA : “The Greens had needs. When you receive a ball and you are unable to keep it in front… You need to have a fixation point. Stassin knows that he is going to be alone against the hounds. He must be much stronger in the duels and keep the ball to provide this link with the midfielder. What Sissoko did well when he entered, he must be a link, for the moment, he is struggling. “
