The season is still far from over for AS Saint-Étienne. Third at the end of the regular phase of Ligue 2, the Greens remain fully engaged in the race to climb, but will have to go through the play-offs to hope to return to Ligue 1. A necessary step for a club whose objective stated at the start of the year was to return to the elite this season.
This Friday at 8:30 p.m., in a Geoffroy-Guichard announced to be electric, the Stéphanois face Rodez in a decisive match. The Ruthenois arrive with confidence after their victory on the Red Star pitch (3-2) Tuesday evening, and remain a particularly tough opponent in this final sprint.
For this decisive meeting, the ASSE staff can rely on several important feedback. The two players injured during the trip to Aveyron are operational again, namely Gautier Larsonneur and Kevin Pedro, as indicated The Dauphiné Libéré. Appreciable news as we approach this high-tension meeting.
An already weakened workforce
At the same time, Julien Le Cardinal, who came on and played for an hour during the success against Amiens, is also applying for a place in the group. Joshua Duffus, forced out due to injury during the Picards reception, is also able to be included in the list of available players.
These returns compensate for a still weakened workforce. The season is in fact already over for Mahmoud Jaber, Chico Lamba, Nadir El Jamali and Paul Eymard, all unavailable at the end of the year. For his part, Florian Tardieu, injured in the calf, has resumed individual training, although without certainty of rejoining the group for this decisive phase of the play-offs.
