” Sunday (last)it was hard for everyone, the result hurts, that’s obvious”confided AS Saint-Etienne goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur on Thursday at a press conference. The end of the Greens’ season went into a tailspin with two consecutive defeats against SC Bastia (2-0) then Estac (0-3) at Geoffroy-Guichard. The Trojan leader ensured his rise to the elite with two days remaining. Philipe Montanier’s team is now only third in the standings with one point less than Le Mans FC and this place would force it to play a playoff against the winner of the match between the 4th and 5th before challenging the 16th in Ligue 1, which for the moment is AJ Auxerre.
The trip to Rodez is extremely perilous on Saturday (8 p.m., live on beIN Sports) while the Aveyronnais are 6th in the standings and able to overtake ASSE, the Red Star of Stade de Reims. Manceaux and Rémois face each other in the other decisive meeting of the evening, at the Stade Marie-Marvingt. Red Star also has the chance to challenge the last, Amiens.
The Greens without their Georgian crack
The Stéphanois will have to do without their most decisive player of the season, Zuriko Davitashvili, victim of a sprained ankle and unable to resume for the match in Rodez. The Georgian winger has 13 goals and 4 assists in 28 matches (after his 9 goals and 8 assists in Ligue 1 last season). To see if it will be restored for the last meeting with the arrival of Amiens at Geoffroy-Guichard.
While Julien Le Cardinal should be operational, Chico Lamba suffered a stress fracture and Aïmen Moueffek took a big blow to the calf, Montanier explained at a press conference: “Unfortunately, there is no common denominator to explain these injuries which are obviously debilitating, but we will have to find the virtues to overcome these obstacles! »
