“Saint-Étienne is not scheduled to do maintenance” deplores Guegan (Sochaux)

While the 2022 World Cup (November 20 – December 18) put the world of professional football on hold for a week, it’s time for clubs to take stock of the first results. That of AS Saint-Étienne is particularly worrying, while the Forez club are the red lantern in the Ligue 2 championship, four points off first place in non-relegation. A sensational situation, while the legendary French club was still playing in Ligue 1 a few months ago. Invited to the antennas of RMC during the Ligue 2 BKT le debrief program, Olivier Guégan, coach of FC Sochaux Montbéliard, deplored the situation of the Greens.

« It’s difficult because a club like Saint-Étienne is not programmed to carry out its maintenance and survival in Ligue 2. That’s the difficulty, whether it’s the environment, the players… they weren’t programmed for that. They still have extenuating circumstances with games behind closed doors, points less. We had to go. We also know that Saint-Étienne are a special club, especially in this division and wherever they go, they are expected. Now we know it’s part of a career to have a season like this. You have to go to the essentials and be very close and supportive of each other. You need to support your coach because it’s important and start a dynamic of positive results to jump-start something. “he relied on observations transcribed by our colleagues fromEVECT.

to summarise

While the 2022 World Cup (November 20 – December 18) put the world of professional football on hold for a week, it’s time for clubs to take stock of the first results. That of AS Saint-Étienne is particularly worrying, while the Forez club are the red lantern in the Ligue 2 championship, four points off first place in non-relegation.