Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Friday November 8, 2024 at 4:13 p.m.
Sunday at 8:45 p.m., all of football in France will be looking towards Groupama Stadium for the famous OL – ASSE.
Perked up and above all saved from the waters, once again, by last week's victory at Geoffroy-Guichard in front of Strasbourg (2-0), Olivier Dall'Oglio should not risk his head in Lyon, unless there is a new 8-0 defeat (like in Nice at the start of the season). The difference in level, a priori, means that the Greens will have nothing to lose, especially on the road. But it's the derby, and as the Greens coach points out, “we play on Sunday at 8:45 p.m., we take the place of PSG, this match arouses great interest at the national level”. Basically, it's not that accurate, Paris having only occupied this slot three times out of ten, but the others were all for OM or OL. And for the derby, back after two years in Ligue 2 for ASSE, the question never arises.
Dall'Oglio: “The supporters remind us, we cannot forget”
“We've been talking about it for a while,” continues the coach who brought Saint-Etienne back into the elite, after replacing Laurent Batlles during last season: “Already, at the end of the calendar this summer, I understood that it was a date to mark. The supporters remind us often, we cannot forget. The players expect a party and a different match. We must not forget that it remains one. football match, there are points to be taken. There will be commitment, the guys will be there. It will unite the group even more and we need it because without a team, we are nothing.
As for the players, Léo Pétrot is obviously in unison, already pumped up like cuckoo and who ensures that all his partners “know the context”: “When we sign for ASSE, we know what the derby is. They have already understood. We know that it will not be easy and it is obvious to say: we will have to give everything. When it was a question of coming back, reliving this derby was necessarily on our minds.
