Jean-Philippe Krasso and the Greens have posed a lot of concerns for the people of Strasbourg.

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PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP

  • AS Saint-Etienne lost 1-0 in Strasbourg, this Sunday in Ligue 1.

  • The Greens, yet disabled by many absences because of Covid-19 and injuries, have not been unworthy.

    Far from there.

  • "I'm rather very proud of what the players have done," said Laurent Huard, propelled coach in the absence of Claude Puel.

At the Meinau stadium,

In the press room at the end of the game on Sunday, a journalist from

Latest News from Alsace

and his colleague from

Progress

briefly exchanged.

It was a question of harmonizing the ratings of the players of RC Strasbourg and AS Saint-Etienne in the two newspapers.

With one observation, quite paradoxical after the Alsatian victory (1-0): the scores were better on the Green side.

It must be said that the Stéphanois have been anything but ridiculous at La Meinau.

However, they had almost everything against them: ten players and a full staff (!) Absent because of Covid-19, injured (Mason, Gabriel Silva, Khazri, Neyou) and especially this uncertainty about the holding of the meeting.

She weighed until the end.

The club has "remained in the most complete righteousness"

"An 11th player would have tested positive for the virus that the match would have been canceled, it is the rules, but this morning at breakfast, everyone was in good shape", said Laurent Huard, propelled coach in the absence by Claude Puel.

The usual technical manager of the club's training center assured him that ASSE did not request the postponement of the game and "remained in the most complete righteousness".

Under these conditions and with an eleven who had seven of her young, she could have plunged.

The opposite has happened.

Faced with a Strasbourg team which lined up almost all its usual holders, the Stéphanois did better than a level playing field.

They dominated the debates, especially in terms of possession (58%), attempted passes (464 against 328) or just play.

"ASSE can be proud of its players"

"I am rather very proud of what the players did", Laurent Huard could legitimately smile after the match, obviously "disappointed" with the result.

They simply missed success in the last move.

As, the most obvious case, on this penalty completely missed by Boudebouz (7th) or this shot on target from Krasso (69th).

Perhaps also that the Greens could (should have) benefited from a penalty for a fault of hand of Mitrovic (69th).

"It hurts to undergo these facts of the game, we are upset," admitted the coach for a day, who rather wanted to retain the positive of this special outing.

“It didn't scare Claude (Puel) to leave with all these young people.

On the contrary.

They were daring.

»And have surely made an appointment for the future.

In any case, this is the meaning of the tribute paid to them by the opposing technician, Thierry Laurey.

“ASSE can be proud of its players.

They have shown that they have a future.

The Moueffek, Gabard, Gourna-Douath and co have not finished talking about them, Covid-19 or not.

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