Pointed out for years, the management of AS Saint-Etienne ended up costing him his place in Ligue 1 at the worst of times.
That is to say when the club could be sold, and especially when Ligue 1 goes to 18 clubs and therefore lowers the number of potential climbs next season. But well beyond this reality that ASSE will have to face in the coming weeks, it is the way in which this relegation sanctioned the second part of the season for the Greens that sends shivers down the spine.
In a very long article retracing the last 123 days which precipitated the descent of Saint-Etienne, Bernard Lions delivers the scoops preserved until now, even if certain episodes have already broken out in recent months. The list is endless and highlights the incredible amateurism of the Greens, the lack of humility of their coach, the disastrous human management, not to mention the behavior of the supporters which did not help.
Amazon filmed ASSE well
All this could be the subject of a documentary, but probably not in the intended sense. Amazon had indeed offered to make a documentary on the end of the ASSE season, just to find the « drama » of the maintenance of Toulouse by Pascal Dupraz in 2016. The leaders of Saint-Etienne have always defended themselves from having put this project in place with Amazon, and yet Bernard Lions cries a lie, and claims that Amazon has filmed to the end to be able to broadcast these sequences, before the descent of the Greens comes to ruin everything. One more lie, while the president of ASSE, Roland Romeyer is accused of not having kept his word not to use Bernardoni and Thioub, on loan from Angers, against the SCO, causing great tension during the match between the two teams.
Following the serious incidents that occurred after#ASSEAJAthe club filed a complaint today.
In addition, the Disciplinary Committee of the LFP has decided to put the file under investigation.
The hearing is set for Thursday, June 23, 2022.– AS Saint-Etienne (@ASSEofficiel) May 31, 2022
At that time, Saint-Etienne went up in the standings and Pascal Dupraz bulged his chest, thinking of celebrating the maintenance in the kop, his future contract, and cutting his rivals like the coaches of Clermont and Bordeaux in particular. The Savoyard will even come to fight with André Monteiro, David Guion’s assistant, behind the scenes at the Bordeaux stadium. But obviously, with the technician as with the players, the mentality was not there to save themselves. Romain Hamouma seriously injures his hand when hitting a punching bag during Wahbi Khazri’s birthday, Mahdi Camara takes a young teammate for a punching bag after an altercation between the latter and the mother of the captain of the Greens.
Khazri asks for a retention bonus
Despite these gloomy situations, the players do not forget to think about their bonus. Khazri dares to ask for a maintenance bonus before the last day and the match in Nantes, which the management refuses him, preferring to devote this money to the employees of the club. The maintenance will not be there, all in front of an empty stand due to the suspension of part of Geoffroy-Guichard. The Green Angels had preferred to light multiple smoke bombs and interrupt the match against Monaco to celebrate their anniversary. Supporters who have managed to recover addresses from players or their president Roland Romeyer, inviting him to « cross the road ». This tag put on his house thus made a very glaucous reference to the need for the Saint-Etienne leader to live opposite a cemetery. From now on, it is all ASSE that we bury, and it is difficult to detect worthy behavior in this dark story.