The Greens won a magnificent victory last weekend against Reims. A 3-1 victory with their brand new coach, Eirik Horneland, who was able to breathe new life into the squad. Questioned by the club at the very end of the match, some Stéphanois reacted to this great victory.
The Green People are completely “hyped” by this meeting which they attended last Saturday at 5:00 p.m. against Reims. Indeed, the Stéphanois showed a new face: speed, velocity, liveliness, desire, forward races, lots of chances, lots of shots on goal. A face that Saint-Étienne had not offered for several months, not to say several years.
At the helm and responsible for this transformation, Eirik Horneland, the new coach of AS Saint-Étienne. If we will still have to wait to be completely convinced that the new coach of the Greens is capable of transforming this team, there is no doubt that it is indeed his speech and what he installed in a few days which allowed for the Greens to win against Reims by 3 goals to 1.
The players had fun with Horneland!
At the end of the match and in front of the AS Saint-Étienne cameras, certain players reacted to this victory, in front of the ASSE cameras, with undisguised enthusiasm.
Dylan Batubinsika : “Frankly, we have a new way of seeing things, finally, we have a new playing philosophy, so we will have to adapt very quickly. But there you have it, in these first two training sessions, we enjoyed ourselves, we hit the mark. balloon, and that’s it, we’re going to get to the heart of the matter day after day.”
-On the coach who speaks English:
“Embarrassed? No, for my part, no. Afterwards, for those who speak less English, they have teammates who can translate everything the coach says or everything the staff says, so I think we will adapt very quickly to this new system. Yeah, it’s sure, it’s sure, it’s going to be the coach’s first match, it’s going to be the first match of the year, so it’s up to us to respond, and it’s a important match, we will have to take points.”
Augustine – The Best of Augustine “Great victory, great victory. Great victory for the team, it’s very important for us.”
Pierre Ekwah: “It was a good match. We knew how to play the ball well, we knew how to defend well, we resisted their attacks. We made sure that not too much space was created and we put our actions in the back , so this is the most important. If you had fun, I had fun too. It’s everything I loved, and it’s perfect. So yeah, we’re enjoying it, and now we’re going to focus on a new week, against Paris.”
