And a great match it was as I suspected with a predictable outcome.
Les Verts celebrate a 3-0 victory over the Parisians in a match which they dominated in posession, good scoring chances and great football and performance from each individual player around.
It's great to see St. Etienne back among the elites and hopefully this year they can do what Rennes or hopefully what Lille did last year though to be honest challenging for the title is a bit beyond them but with this fanbase and a little bit of ambition from chairman, they've got the base for a great team that can fight for Europe already and next or season after that if they continue to keep their best players and improve the squad in other areas they can be challenging for the title.
They have good players everywhere really with Piquionne and Feindounu and Sable really their star ones for me but they have very hard-working effective players in other parts of first eleven as well in David Hellebuyck and central partnership of Vincent Hognon and Zaoumana Camara.
Of course it doesn't hurt to have a great goalkeeper behind them as well in the ever so popular Jeremy Janot
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St. Etienne have not conceded at Stade Geoffroy Guichard for 25 hours now or since last November.
All in all I've said they have a good chance for a fight in Europe because they've got descent squad only player that in my opinion isn't AS great as other parts of the first eleven is the right back spot which currently Fousseni Diawara operates in. He's nothing special but everywhere else they've got players of descent skill or hardworking and effective.
