Like every week, the Sainté Night Club will meet you this Monday evening. The opportunity to look forward to the next ASSE match in the company of Martin Mosnier, journalist at Eurosport. A Derby awaited by many. Excerpts.
ASSE too frail?
Martin Mosnier (Eurosport) : “Frankly, I don't think ASSE can create a sensation in Lyon. There are too many physical deficits. A derby is a fight, and we still have a lot of players who are still too soft in this team, without forgetting a defensive hinge that is too fragile. I still see too many flaws in this team. And Dall'Oglio has nothing to do with it.
Of course, with the right mindset, you can fill in some gaps. Football is also a question of balance of power, and everything will depend on the version of OL that we face. If it's OL from the start of the season, why not? But the truth is that even OL's 'second team' is, on paper, stronger than Saint-Étienne's starting eleven. They have bench depth that we don't have at all. Maybe Saint-Étienne will be ready in six months or a year, but today the team is clearly not ready. And I'm afraid that it will end in a heavy defeat at Groupama Stadium, because what I have seen since the start of the season does not give me optimism.
OL and its effectiveness
Martin Mosnier (Eurosport) : “I also watched Lyon matches where they sometimes missed out, of course. But it's a team that creates a lot of chances. Certainly, they lack efficiency in front of goal – Alexandre's season Lacazette is very complicated, for example – but they create a lot of chances, they press, they dominate And Sainté is very, very fragile at the back. Lyon should not open the score too quickly, otherwise it could trigger an avalanche. and make the match very complicated. I hope I'm wrong, but on paper, I see little reason for hope today.”
