AS Saint-Etienne coach Pascal Dupraz returned to the heavy defeat of his team on the lawn of Lorient on Friday evening (6-2). The French technician took responsibility after the sinking of his team. “I explain the defeat by my responsibility. That of the coach is to repeat to the players that football is respected. When you make this start, it is important not to add more on the pretext that you are leading 2-0. You have to respect the fundamentals, it’s essential and that’s what we haven’t been able to do. Even if the reduction of the gap comes early, we have a feeling that it will happen like this”said Dupraz at the microphone ofAmazonPrime.
The Stéphane coach also pointed the finger at the attitude of his players who did not respect his game plan according to him. “It is a collective shipwreck. It’s a sin of pride, a conceited attitude, not an attitude befitting a professional player. On the road to redemption, there are seven games left, and whatever the scores, we will be barrage after this day. It’s better than three months ago, but I want the players to understand that to leave ASSE in L1, you have to respect the game plan, get back to work for 94 minutes. Some have decided to go high rather than stay compact. The height of irony, we work all week on the fact that Lorient is a team that counters and we are countered., explained the 59-year-old coach after the meeting. Saint-Etienne, currently 18th in Ligue 1, will face Brest next Saturday (5 p.m.).
