It's an unbelievable situation. Saint-Etienne need a big coach with a strong assistant, not a sporting director who's looking after every aspect of the club
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We’re really happy because that’s our first win on the road ... The (Saint-Etienne) fans were not very nice with their team and it played into our hands.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is planning an £8m bid for France Under-21 midfielder Blaise Matuidi, who is currently playing for Saint Etienne.
We put a lot of effort in and we are playing three days after, having already used up a lot of energy against Saint-Etienne (on Sunday) ... That means all the players will have to be focused on resting.
We were very dangerous at the start of the match, and we had some good chances ... Saint-Etienne's goal made all the difference. They got their confidence back after we had caused them problems. I am disappointed that we were not able to equalize.
We didn't deserve this. We have to keep working hard and if we keep playing like we did tonight we will gain some reward
We're very frustrated of course - but I saw some encouraging signs. We can get out of this
St Etienne have decided to reshuffle their sporting organisation and to relieve Laurent Roussey of his duties