Ligue 1: Saint-Étienne miraculous thanks to the Ivorian Krasso and the Guinean Sow
The Guinean from AS Saint-Étienne Saïdou Sow, August 28, 2021. AP - Daniel Cole
Text by: Nicolas Bamba Follow
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Red lantern and still without a win before their Ligue 1 match against Clermont, Sunday, November 7, AS Saint-Étienne snatched the three points in extremis by scoring two goals in added time by Jean-Philippe Krasso and Saïdou Sow (3 -2).
The Greens remain in the hard but are finally breathing.
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ASSE raises its head. Unable to win just one of their first 12 matches of this 2021-2022 season (six draws, six defeats), the Stéphanois almost had another difficult Sunday against the promoted Clermont. Deprived of stands because of a closed-door match, sanction taken after incidents that occurred during the match against Angers on October 22, supporters expressed their anger at these catastrophic results before kick-off, near the Geoffroy stadium. Guichard.
Then, on the field, the nightmare scenario took shape at the hour mark when Clermont took the advantage and made the break.
Guinean Mohamed Bayo
opened the scoring (59th) and scored his 7th goal of the season, before Jason Berthomier made the addition (64th).
Led 0-2 at home, the Greens were then more last than ever, and the fate of their coach Claude Puel still more uncertain.
First goal in the top flight for Krasso, Sow in deliverer
But the miracle took place in Forez. Just after Berthommier's goal, Puel brought in Frenchman Arnaud Nordin and Ivorian Jean-Philippe Krasso, two resolutely offensive choices to reverse the course of the match. The first first reduced the gap on a gift from the opposing defense (78th). And in added time, Saint-Étienne clinched a victory that many people did not believe.
On a corner from Nordin, Krasso rose in the air and equalized with a header (90th + 1). It is the first goal in Ligue 1 of the Ivorian striker of 24 years, born in Stuttgart. Moments later, when
Tunisian Wahbi Khazri
almost scored in turn, ASSE got a final corner. Nordin hit him again, and this time he found the victorious header of Saïdow Sow (90th + 3). The young Guinean international defender, aged 19, had already scored in September against Lille at the end of the match (1-1). This time his goal was victorious.
“
It really feels good.
(...) We did not give up, we believed in it to the end.
It was seen on set pieces, it was the desire that we were there.
It's really good, this first victory, (...) but it's a little bit of the road.
The road is very long
”, reacted Jean-Philippe Krasso at the microphone of the Amazon Prime broadcaster.
Finally, Saint-Étienne won a championship victory.
The situation remains very complicated and Claude Puel is still in the hot seat, but his winning coaching (a goal and two assists for Nordin, a goal for Krasso) and the self-sacrifice of his players offer him a reprieve.
And if the Greens are still in the red zone, they leave the seat last to the Messins and now occupy the 19th place.
Arnaud to revive, Jean-Philippe to equalize, Saïdou to explode 💚 pic.twitter.com/cNnFyIP8EG
- AS Saint-Étienne (@ASSEofficiel) November 7, 2021
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