This is the first of six friendlies that will punctuate Saint-Étienne's summer until the resumption of Ligue 1 on the weekend of August 17 in Monaco. The week has been one of endurance and resistance, not yet based on the team nor on the famous playing identity that Olivier Dall'Olio hopes will be as attacking as possible next season. It will be more complicated on Saturday evening at the Maso de Stéphanois stadium, as the Clermont-Ferrand team has a week to prepare and will already be in search of the consistency that the Green coach does not hope for: “It will be a review of the team with young players who will be reaching this level for the first time. We will have a fairly strong week, so we risk a lot of fatigue. But there will still be some commitment necessarily in this type of match. “That’s the match I want straight away, even if I have to be lenient, there will be a lot of fatigue and we won’t be full of energy.
Even if Olivier Dall'Olio intends to play two different goals in each half, it will still be necessary to pay tribute to the fans who came in large numbers again this week to cheer them on during the Chambon-sur-Lignon camp.
ASSE-Clermont, at 6pm at the Massot stadium in Puy-en-Velay
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