Go get points to ensure a little more maintenance in Ligue 1. The Greens travel to Bordeaux this Wednesday evening, as part of the 33rd day of the championship. ASSE is 17th in the standings, the Girondins 19th, in a relegation position for the moment. Almost a duel of badly classified between two historic clubs of French football, while the Greens would be well advised to bring three points from Gironde.
They have the advantage of having garnered a little confidence with this victory this weekend at Geoffroy Guichard 2-1 against Brest. Enough to allow Mahdi Camara, author of the double, and his teammates to play a little more liberated. “We showed a good state of mind against Brest“, explained the midfielder in a press conference.We have the mindset to win a math even when we are trailing. After what Bordeaux did, we don’t care a bit.“
Return of Yvann Mason
Because the weekend didn’t go so well for the Girondins, crushed 6 goals to 1 by Lyon. “But it’s not Lyon they will have in front of them tonight“, recalls the coach Pascal Dupraz. “What we have ahead of Bordeaux is four points at kick-off and a favorable goal difference, six games from the end, but that’s not enough. So what is needed is for Saint-Etienne to act as a team. I expect extreme discipline from our players. We have to be focused, determined, generous. You have to have a taste for going beyond the job when one of your colleagues has a temporary deficiency. And I really have great confidence in this group to be able to play such a match where we are not favorites because Bordeaux are a quality team which is in difficulty. So they know very well that we are going to be competitive. They know very well that we know they are going to be competitive.“
Pascal Dupraz who also highlights the efforts and involvement of all the players on the pitch against Brest, especially in defence. “I am looking for defensive balance, that it is proven and recurring, that the defensive block is reliable over the next six games.” For that, Yvann Maçon’s return to the pitch should help. The right side, injured in the knee last October, had to be operated on at the end of February.