After his draw against Saint-Maur two weeks ago (2-2), Saint-Étienne wants to continue in its dynamic and win two victories in the two decisive games that come against La Roche and Albi. Hervé Didier and Sarah Palacin give us their impressions before these meetings.

Hervé Didier (coach of AS Saint-Etienne): "We must learn from this match there"

CDF: Your reaction after the draw of your team against the VGA Saint-Maur (2-2)?

"It's a mix of things, being 0-2, we thought we lost the game, we had the courage and the strength to come back to 2-2, we should have won this match The lack of efficiency means that we do not win and we can lose it at the limit, a lot of disappointment, a beginning of the second catastrophic period, we take both goals when we should never have put ourselves in danger As we did, after that, with all the chances we had, we have to fold the match, we miss the penalty, it's true that when we do not put them in the back, it's complicated. "

CDF: Did you expect such opposition against Saint-Maur?

"Yes, we were expecting an opposition, we said to ourselves, if we are in the same position as they and we were going to play at Saint-Maur, we would have done everything to make a result there. They lost games, but not with such a gap, their last game was Soyaux (1-1) and so it was a good performance, it's a team that goes up and we know that their strengths to these teams, it's also their defensive quality, not to let go, their state of mind, their mind.We knew it would be complicated.It was it.We made 2-2 with regrets but once again, this match can be lost. "

CDF: Next games against La Roche and Albi, two teams that will also fight for the maintenance. How do you approach these two meetings?

"First of all, using the experience of this game against the VGA, it's going to be two games that I think will be identical, we get the Rock on Yon and we go to Albi so it's going to be two games of We will have to use this experience, to identify all that has not been, especially this beginning of the second period which was catastrophic for us, not to repeat that. match it so you can perform well against others without waiting for goals. "

Sarah Palacin (Attacker of AS Saint-Etienne): "We will tackle La Roche and Albi like cup matches"

CDF: Your reaction after the draw of your team against the VGA Saint-Maur (2-2)?

"Obviously a little disappointed with the result, after that, we had a nice reaction because we were 0-2, we came back very quickly to 2-2, we have a little disappointment because it's a draw, We lost two points at home, it was a double-edged game, there are some good things to remember from this game and it could have gone both ways, we have a penalty that we miss unfortunately. Behind them, they also have opportunities, too, but unfortunately we have not managed to get that finish that we have been missing since the beginning of the season. "

CDF: Deserved draw according to you for both teams?

"Yes, I think that at half-time, getting back to 0-0 was deserved, and in the second half, they are on a high point in the first fifteen minutes, where they put both goals. -be not two it's a bit harsh but a goal yes, then we come back, I do not say that, but for me, we deserved to win Now it's the score, it's football It's like that, we did not manage to score that third goal that we do not have. "

CDF: Did you expect such opposition against Saint-Maur?

"We were expecting opposition, we knew offensively it was strong and defensively it was a bit slower, so we knew we would have spaces behind us. did not realize the opportunities we had. "

CDF: Two next games against La Roche and Albi, two crucial games for the maintenance. How will you approach them?

"We're going to tackle them like Cup matches, and it's true that in the standings we're relegated, everybody criticizes a little bit, the journalists are the first ones, and now, not everyone is watching the calendar. That we played the big four anyway, we knew that if we won these three games that happened, unfortunately we have more than two, we will easily go back to the rankings especially that our direct competitors will play the big behind. we must also look mathematically at what happens as a calendar. "

CDF: We have the impression that, like last season, you are in the red zone. In the end, you recover and you save. This season, it's going to be the same race again or this time little more air in the first leg? "Last season, it's true that in the first matches we had difficulties, we still lost important elements.Here, we have a new collective, we have when even made good results against the big, we had a good draw against Juvisy (2-2), we lost 0-1 to Montpellier and we still made a pretty good performance against PSG so I hope the the next two games will bring out the red and breathe before going to celebrate the holidays quietly "AS Saint-Etienne receives the Rock on Yon this Saturday at 19h at Maurice Rousson Stadium Feurs.

Credit photo: Marceau Carré