Ligue 1 Review | Inexperienced Strasbourg sink in football’s ‘shark tank’

Ligue 1 Review | Inexperienced Strasbourg sink in football’s ‘shark tank’ “ It’s kind of a symbol of our season ,” Gary O’Neil fumed on Sunday evening after watching his RC Strasbourg Alsace side limp to a 1-1 draw with Angers SCO, their fourth game in a row without a win. “ We can do so much better, ” he continued, “ I’m angry. I hope the players are, too.

There are two games left, and they have to show me they’re good enough to play with us next year . ” It’s a familiar story for Strasbourg under BlueCo as a promising season has gone off the rails in the final stretch. Like last year, when Le Racing crashed out of the European race after losing their final two games of the season, rescued only by Paris Saint-Germain winning the Coupe de France and gifting them a place in the UEFA Europa Conference League, this season has seen hope dashed with the finishing line in sight.

In late April, Strasbourg were knocked out of the cup by struggling OGC Nice. On Thursday, it was Rayo Vallecano’s turn to dump Strasbourg out of the Europa Conference League. And on Sunday, a chance to narrow the gap on AS Monaco and keep their faint prospects of securing European football, in the same manner as last season, was ended.

Inexperience the foundation “ They disappointed me so much, even more than on Thursday, ” O’Neil said of his charges. “ Football is a shark tank, they need to realise that. I told them we were playing a cup final [against Angers] and we really didn’t play the way we should have .