It was an open secret.
After six months on the bench of AS Saint-Etienne, Pascal Dupraz was not reappointed to the head of the team, relegated to Ligue 2 after the dam lost on penalties against Auxerre on Sunday (1- 1, 4-5 at tabs).
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If the outcome has not turned out to be positive, AS Saint-Étienne would like to thank Pascal Dupraz and Baptiste Hamid, physical trainer, for their total investment and wishes them a very good continuation
", indicated the club in a statement.
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Appointed in December at the bedside of a drifting team (12 points after 18 days, 20th in L1), the Haut-Savoyard, who then assured “we will maintain ourselves”, therefore did not succeed in the mission for which he had been called to Forez.
Despite encouraging beginnings: "
Dupraz and his staff managed to breathe new life and gleaned 20 additional points to access the play-offs
", notes the club.
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Dupraz deleted his Twitter account
The 59-year-old technician had signed up until June 30, and his contract was not extended, as his executive president Jean-François Soucasse confirmed on Wednesday on the airwaves of
France Bleu Saint-Etienne
.
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There are no regrets in having chosen him.
He has worked a lot.
He objectively improved the club's performance, that's fact.
What is painful is to think that with one goal, a better prepared match, regardless of the catastrophic season that is ours, we could have effectively avoided this pitfall.
There is an incredible disproportion between this fact and the implications, which are major.
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Overflows that occurred after the final whistle against Auxerre which risk polluting the start of next season for ASSE.
After the meeting, Dupraz, who has since deleted his Twitter account, refused to appear at a press conference.
He will therefore no longer do so with the Saint-Etienne tracksuit.