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If the eyes of the observers were turned towards the Champions League on Tuesday night, Saint-Etienne played a League Cup match against Nimes. A game lost on penalties by the team of Jean-Louis Gbadet, eliminated in the round of 32 of the competition. The coach Etienne had decided to run on the occasion of this match, and the least we can say is that he was not satisfied at all with the performance of players integrated in the starting lineup . Although he obviously does not mention any names, Laurent Blanc's former deputy at Paris Saint-Germain pushed hard.
"I decided to rotate my squad to give play time to some players but we made a first catastrophic period. In second, with the changes, we had the stranglehold on the game, we scored a goal and we had two or three opportunities to fold the game but we still have the same problem. Even with four or five offensive players, you can not tell the difference. We are therefore not immune to an equalization at the last second. I know it was difficult for the players I lined up. These are young players who had the feeling of playing the game of their life but I was expecting a little more confidence from them. We panicked too much, we did not play in the first half. In the end, the match ends on the same score as in the league. Then, shots on goal is the lottery. Nimes had more coolness than us. I had planned to bring Ole Selnaes on the hour with Wahbi Khazri and Rémy Cabella but Assane Diousse took a yellow card in the 5th minute and could not manage the pbades. He was no longer in his match. As soon as Selnaes, Khazri and Cabella entered, we saw the difference. So it's even more annoying to see Nimes equalize at the last minute " has dropped Jean-Louis Gbadet, who will not revive his staff anytime soon at AS Saint-Etienne …
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