The Stéphanois goalkeeper is currently 4th in the hierarchy of goalkeepers for the France Espoirs team. Last month he was able to join the workforce called to play the Under-23 EURO, in the absence of number 1 Alban Laffont retained with his club FC Nantes for the Ligue 1 play-offs. This time it’s number 2 Illan Meslier who announced that he would not be available for the Olympics. The Leeds England goalkeeper will not be released by his club this summer as the regulations allow as the Olympic Games are not a UEFA competition.
Like Patrick Moreau? Like Jean-Louis Zanon?
If Étienne Green were to be chosen from the trio of goalkeepers by coach Sylvain Ripoll, it is AS Saint-Étienne who will decide whether or not to release for this great planetary meeting. If the club were to say allow him to miss the start of the Greens’ season, the native of Veauche would be the first Stéphanois to play the Olympic Games since Patrick Moreau in Atlanta in 1996. We can only wish him the same success as Jean Louis Zanon in 1984. That summer, after 7 seasons with the Greens, he brought Saint-Étienne a gold medal and an Olympic title won against Brazil at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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