ASSE bowed at home (3-1) against Monaco on Saturday May 3. Now, the maintenance of the club in Ligue 1 is threatened.
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“We have been a little bitten alone”, Recognized the middle of Saint-Etienne, Louis Mouton, after the ASSE defeat against Monaco, Saturday May 3 in the match of the 32nd day of Ligue 1 which leaves the Greens in the relegation position.
-The Monegasques did not really have trouble containing a limited, valiant but harmless Stéphanoise team, especially in the absence of his scorer, the Belgian Lucas Stassin, injured. The second period had been to the advantage of Monaco, without the ASM was created from real occasions. But overall, the Monegasques delivered a solid performance and deserved their victory, the first outside after that in Angers on March 15 (2-0, 26th day).
“We imagined anything, we hoped for a result. Now, having won against Lyon (2-1) gave us hope, we know that we can do it”, Added sheep in the mixed zone. “Tonight, we come across a beautiful team from Monaco. We make mistakes that put us in it and inevitably, it does not go. We have been a little fled on your own. We felt that we would have two finals to play. If we do six points, we will be really well”. After two zero results against Strasbourg (0-0) and Le Havre (1-1), Monaco temporarily resumed 2nd place in Ligue 1 after being imposed in Saint-Etienne (3-1), after a lively match of the 32nd day. This result, on the contrary leaves the Stéphanois (17th, 27 points) in the position of relegation.
The Greens, after their victory against Lyon (2-1), concede their second loss of rank after that recorded in Strasbourg (3-1). They remain 17th and penultimate at a point in Le Havre (16th and barragist) and three from Angers, 15th and first non-relegation. There are two matches to the Ligerians to tear their maintenance with a capital trip to Reims on May 10 before, to conclude, to receive Toulouse who has just ensured his place in the elite after having beaten Rennes (2-1).
The Stéphanois coach, the Norwegian Eirik Horneland, estimated that the fight for maintenance “asked all players a lot of energy.” “But I continue to believe that it is possible. I hope that players have what it takes to respond psychologically. I think they can. They show it on the last meetings where we very often have been able to respond after being carried out. We have done it again against Monaco and other meetings before”recalled the Greens coach. “This shows a certain psychological force. You also have to be disciplined and quality to win these meetings. You cannot always be in the fight or in the answer. You also have to put enough quality to take control of a meeting”, he added.
Six teams are held in four points in the fight for the qualification for the Champions League. On May 10, Monaco will receive Lyon for a match, if not decisive, really very important in order to finish on the podium, when there will only be one day of the championship.
