The ASSE players are preparing to play their seventh day of the Arkema Premier League. This meeting will take place in Saint-Étienne, where they will face Fleury this Saturday late afternoon. After a very good start to the championship, Laurent Mortel's players experienced more difficulties during the last three days.
A series of defeats to break against Fleury
Dryly beaten 5-1 against Le Havre, the Vertes did not regain confidence against Dijon, suffering a 2-0 defeat at home. They then suffered a third consecutive defeat against Strasbourg by the same score. The match against Fleury will therefore be important for the Stéphanoises, currently eighth in the standings. However, they remain in line with their objective of maintaining this season as recalled by Laurent Mortel
“We didn't see ourselves looking too good too quickly after our three successes during the first three days. Our objective is to maintain, with the squad that we have. We must not make a mistake. We are 8th this evening, we have to strengthen this 8th place and stop thinking that we are going to play better than that Last year, we beat our direct competitors, this year, we are not capable of doing it. but not necessarily superior to us. In Football, there is only one thing that counts: the points taken.”
A busy schedule for ASSE and a derby on the horizon
Big matches are approaching, including the derby against Lyon on November 16. The latter will not be played at Groupama Stadium, as Le Progrès recently clarified. Another big meeting was initially planned against PSG in Paris, but ultimately, the Vertes will welcome the Parisian club at home in a few weeks. A poster planned for December 13 at 9 p.m. in the Cauldron!
The return of ASSE Féminines to the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium against PSG
Indeed, a press release released this Thursday afternoon specifies that a match between ASSE and PSG will take place at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium. This will be the second time in 2024 that the Stéphanoises will play in the enclosure usually reserved for the men's team. Their last appearance at Geoffroy-Guichard dates back to the match against Olympique Lyonnais, where they lost 6-1 on April 13.
“At the request of AS Saint-Étienne and after agreement from Paris Saint-Germain, the competition organization committee of the Women's Professional Football League validated the reversal of the match on the 11th day of the Arkema championship First League between PSG and ASSE.
The Stéphanoises will welcome their Parisian counterparts on Friday December 13 at 9 p.m. at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium. A meeting to follow live on Canal+ Foot.
The return match scheduled for the 19th day will therefore take place in Île-de-France.”
