While betting a lot on the derby to revive, Saint-Etienne fell against Olympique Lyonnais (0-1) this Friday after another insufficient performance at the start of the 22nd day of Ligue 1. While recognizing the shortcomings of his team in this match, the Saint-Etienne winger Bakary Sako (33 years old, 1 appearance in L1 this season) refuses to give up in the race to maintain.
“It wasn’t enough. We played much better in the second half, but it wasn’t enough. As I said, a derby is played from the first to the last minute and, unfortunately, we defeated in the first half so it’s complicated to win here, admitted the winter rookie at the microphone of Prime Video. It’s going to be complicated but we believe in it! Everything is possible in football, you have to start winning matches , chain, make a series, wash their heads and start again on Wednesday in Angers.
After this 7th consecutive defeat, the red lantern, again very diminished, is temporarily 5 points behind Lorient, roadblocker.