Six days before the end of the National 2 championship and two months from the end of his contract with AS Saint-Priest, San-Priot coach Lionel Bah would have been landed. As well as his deputy, Alexandre Duboz.
A decision of the club’s management committee, which would have been taken following the home defeat of the Sang et Or against Thonon Evian, Saturday April 15 (0-2). Either the 10th defeat of the team this season, current 15th in Pool C and relegated, in 24 games played (for 4 wins and 10 draws).
Former club Napoletano to replace him
At the head of the Saint-Priest pennant team since the 2018-19 season after leading the U19s for two seasons (he once finished first and third in the championship), Lionel Bah, who has a record of 31 victories in total in 104 games led in N2 (for 39 draws and 44 defeats), should be replaced by Michaël Napoletano.
The current ASSP U18 coach and former club player, who played for 7 seasons at Saint-Priest, has the advantage of knowing the N2-N3 level. And is currently in the process of passing his DES (senior trainer’s diploma, the intermediate level between the BEF and the BEPF, Professional football trainer’s certificate, which allows you to train a pro team, editor’s note).
If the end of Lionel Bah’s adventure with AS Saint-Priest seemed inevitable, the latter having not gone far from being thanked on several occasions, the timing seems however badly chosen. As the San-Priots prepare to play the derby against the OL reserve, Saturday April 22 in Décines (6 p.m.). A crucial match for the race to maintain the ASSP. An operation which turns out to be very perilous, but which remains possible if Saint-Priest wins five of its last six games against OL, Toulon, Canet and Fréjus who are playing maintenance, against the current last Sète and the first, Marignane .
