The shock between AS Saint-Etienne and Olympique Lyonnais, on Sunday, will be of paramount importance for the two clubs. While the Greens, penultimate in the classification of Ligue 1, will seek to revive in the race for maintenance, OL, going back to fourth place, will want to consolidate its place in the top 4.
The match will also have a special flavor for Grégory Coupet. Despite the rivalry between the two enemies, there are more than forty players to have played for the two clubs, but from Saint-Etienne in Lyon, in the winter of 1997, the native of Puy-en-Velay provoked a real storm.
The transfer of Grégory Coupet, trained at the club, constituted a real boon for ASSE. The 10 million francs paid by OL allowed Greens to straighten accounts in red for several years. However, his departure was experienced as a real betrayal.
The Stéphanois supporters were merciless with him during his returns to Geoffroy-Guichard between insults, whistles, songs at the endorsement and even doll with his hanged.
“For me, it really goes beyond the framework of sport, while precisely, sport is not hatred. Afterwards, that's how it is things you cannot prevent ”, had he entrusted to So foot.
Grégory Cup will never forget
But the welcome was even more burning in Lyon, where Grégory Cup was responsible for making Pascal Olmeta forget, returned after having fought with Jean-Luc Sassus. “There were several aggressive tags on the walls, including one that I will never forget: '' Olmeta President, Breton titular. We don't want a dirty green '', “he said, adding:” It lasted a long time, anyway. For easily two or three years, when a defeat was undergoing, I received not very nice packages in training. Time has taken his job, what. »»
Grégory Coupet quickly became essential and became one of the best symbols of the glory years of Olympique Lyonnais. Staying more than ten years at the club, there was notably seven titles of champion of France won by the Gones.
