ASSE brought back a point of its displacement to Auxerre (1-1). Where she could hardly hope better …
On the road to Auxerre (1-1) last night, ASSE found itself led for the fourth time in four matches since the arrival of Eirik Horneland but it left Burgundy with a fairly logical point, thanks to a Equialing goal of Stassin on a free kick from Davitashvili repulsed by Léon and delivered by Boakye. This point is the second taken by the Greens in ten matches outside since the start of the season and Larsonneur was not foreign there, the Captain Stéphanois, more solicited than his vis-à-vis Auxerrois, pushing several attempts From AJA in the second half after being saved by his post at the start of the match on a strike from Sinayoko.
Too penalizing technical deficit
A fairly logical point, between two teams who have struggled to chain quality movements and which mainly earned their selflessness. In the end, what to remember from the service of ASSE except that she had the merit of fighting, of trying. But his possession, dear to the principles of play recommended by Horneland, remained too sterile. Not enough accuracy, rhythm, discrepancies, percussion. As in the previous match against Nantes (1-1), the three attackers tended to walk on their feet and rarely combined, with Davitashvilli and Boakye who often left Appiah and Petrot alone in their corridors. And as the two laterals are not particularly comfortable, when it comes to attacking … deprived of Bouchouari in the middle, and sheep, the Greens could not renew their performance against Reims (3-1) for the premiere of Horneland, nor the one in Paris (1-2) where they had shown great things despite the defeat. The intentions were there, but as in front of Nantes, their shortcomings, especially techniques, sometimes hurt the eyes. If this point brought back from Auxerre makes it possible to run the counter and not to let his evening opponent escape, the ASSE confirmed in the Yonne that she had an obvious need for reinforcements. Reinforcements that are slow to arrive while the transfer window will close in a short week, and the supporters are waiting with more and more impatience. Horneland continues to display his confidence in his players. But we still doubt that he would complain about having better …
