Director of the ASSE training center, Laurent Huard has already completed two interim periods on the professional bench. Each time, there was a defeat by the same score of 0-1…
This Sunday, AS Saint-Etienne finds OM in the Chaudron, two weeks after being copiously dominated by the same opponent (0-2). Rarely have the Greens seemed so helpless against their great rival from the 70s, especially at home. If Roberto De Zerbi's men had not played at a slow pace, the bill could have been much higher. Since this sad evening, Olivier Dall'Oglio lost another match, in Toulouse (1-2), and was disembarked. The Norwegian Eirik Horneland will replace him, who was made official on Friday, but for the 32nd final of the Coupe de France against the Phocéens, it is Laurent Huard who will sit on the bench. And it’s an understatement to say that the director of the Saint-Etienne training center is not a specialist in temporary work, he of whom this will be the third…
Abysmal performance every time
L'Equipe recalls that in four years in Forez, Huard had to intervene twice among the pros. The first was January 17, 2021 in Strasbourg (0-1) because Claude Puel and part of the squad had covid. The second was December 9, 2023, almost a year ago, after the dismissal of Laurent Batlles and before the arrival of Olivier Dall'Oglio. The Greens hosted Nîmes (0-1) for the 8th round of the Coupe de France. The Crocodiles were playing in the National… Two matches with the pros for Laurent Huard, two 0-1 defeats. Each time with mitigating circumstances, of course, but the precedents do not plead in favor of ASSE this Sunday…
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