On the Génération After set, Felix Rouah, Walid Acherchour and Simon Dutin spoke after ASSE's great performance against Reims. Enthusiasm for the Greens? The subject is debated on RMC.
Felix Rouah : « I want to believe it for several things. We often see changes in coaches, especially at this time of year. The squad doesn't change much and this is also the case since it took the same players as the last match. Be careful, Reims had one of its worst matches of the season.
In terms of intentions, I saw players from Saint-Etienne do what we had never seen them do in pressing, in intensity, in the desire to put the opposing team through. In the desire to isolate their adversaries. With the ball, these players did not transform and did not display x2 footballing qualities. I liked what I saw and I'm waiting for the revealing Parc des Princes. I don't expect them on the result, but on the intentions. If ASSE arrives and implements the same principles even if it means taking 6, if it implements the same ideas of play by shielding the sides to force the opposing team to go in the axis. There may be three worse teams this season. I liked the state of mind and the founding intentions. The understanding between Stassin and Davitashvili has disappointed me since the start of the season. Davitashvili is the first name on the scoresheet. This connection between Davitashvili and the other players is missing. If things are resolved, I think the Greens will seek to maintain it. »
ASSE on the way to maintenance?
Walid Acherchour : « I was thrilled by what Saint-Etienne did. It was this Saturday's match with transfigured players. A Nadé who plays while moving forward. Stassin, Bouchouari and Mouton in the middle, I saw some beautiful things. It gives hope. With Geoffroy Guichard full to bursting, that could give something. Now we expect them away because at home, even under Olivier Dall'Oglio it was pretty decent. We'll wait, but I'm firmly on the Horneland train. I like to see this new football even if against PSG it will be suicidal. I think Saint-Etienne will hold its own. If ASSE does not maintain itself with the money spent, especially when we see the other teams who cannot spend. For me, Le Havre is the team in most difficulty with Angers. Montpellier is better. Coming back to Saint-Etienne, there is everything to give the supporters chills. »
-A squad that remains too weak in Ligue 1
Simon Dutin: « I would like to share the optimism of my colleagues, but for me ASSE is going straight there (in league 2). Despite the affection I have for this club. The match against Reims, I only saw the goals. I give credence to what you say. You may be a magician, but in football, you don't transform a basset hound into a Rottweiller. You may have dressage skills… the psychological shock ok, the guy arrived, he gave you a little confidence. Considering the money spent which is more than ever in their history. The squad is too weak, they made a mistake on Stassin who even if he found the net… For me, Angers plays much better than Saint-Etienne. It's such carnage away where they concede a lot of goals. Do you really see three teams less strong than Saint-Etienne? »
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