ASSE v Sion friendly offers chance to impress before Rodez return

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·1 October 2026

With 12 internationals absent, Saint-Étienne will turn to understudies and academy talent in a friendly with Sion.

According to Le Progres, the unprecedented three-week international break will officially end next Saturday when Saint-Étienne host Rodez at 8pm.

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The run-out offers those players a genuine chance to show their qualities before league action resumes.

Home supporters appear impatient for the weekly Ligue 2 rhythm to return, with Geoffroy-Guichard already close to a sell-out.

For fringe players and prospects alike, the Swiss test is there to be seized.

Source: Le Progres

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