Strasbourg (AFP)
Saint-Etienne is not doing it: reduced to ten shortly before the break, the red lantern of the L1 was heavily tilted (5-1) in Strasbourg and is more than ever in crisis with only four points and no victory in 10 matches.
Despite the best glimpsed against Lyon (1-1), ASSE once again sank by conceding a sixth defeat which sinks it a little more.
Strasbourg, author of a serious match despite a relaxation at the end of the first period, left no chance for the Stéphanois and settled in the first half of the classification in 9th place (14 points).
Despite a good start without being dangerous, the Greens conceded the opener on a corner from Frédéric Guilbert headed by Maxime Le Marchand, hovering above the fray (1-0, 26th).
The situation quickly worsened since in the space of six minutes, Zaydou Youssouf scored against his camp (2-0, 38th) before being excluded (44th).
On the second Alsatian goal, the Foréziens also lost their goalkeeper Etienne Green, stunned, like his team, and replaced in the process.
At worst, Saint-Etienne, reduced to ten, found a way to hope in this part by reducing the score on a penalty awarded after a foul by Le Marchand on Arnaud Nordin, and transformed by the Tunisian Wahbi Khazri (45th +5).
In the second half, Claude Puel's men only deluded a quarter of an hour before the duo Kevin Gameiro-Ludovic Ajorque killed the suspense.
Ludovic Ajorque closely beats Stéphanois goalkeeper Stefan Bajic to score Strasbourg's 4th goal at La Meinau, October 7, 2021 SEBASTIEN BOZON AFP
It was first of all the ex-Parisian who took care of making the break, alone at the penalty spot (3-1, 69th), then the Reunionese definitively weighed down the Saint-Etienne afternoon (4-1 , 73rd).
The Greens even drank the chalice to the dregs with a fifth goal scored by Habib Diallo, barely in play, on a service from Sanjin Prcic (5-1, 85th).
Worst attack in the championship at kick-off, ASSE now also has the worst defense, further proof that the situation is really serious ...
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