At the end of this multiplex of the last day, Friday, three matches were interrupted, including one definitively stopped.
Irrational. As often in recent years, you had to have your heart firmly attached when it came to following the multiplex of the last day of Ligue 2, Friday June 2. Not one, not two, but indeed three meetings were interrupted (Le Havre-Dijon, Nîmes-Sochaux), including one definitively stopped after the aggression by a spectator of a player from Rodez in Bordeaux, still keeping all the suspense for the climb as for the maintenance. The only certainty, Le Havre, crowned French Ligue 2 champion, will return to Ligue 1 after 14 years of absence.
The consecration: Le Havre crowned French Ligue 2 champion
Le Havre AC has officially ensured its rise by disposing of Dijon at the Océane stadium (1-0), offering itself, as a bonus, its sixth title French Ligue 2 champion (1938, 1959, 1985, 1991, 2008 and 2023). The Ligue 2 champion will therefore find elite next season, almost 15 years after his last appearance. Authors of a full season, the people of Le Havre even equaled the absolute record of invincibility in the entire history of French football, Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 combined, hasWith 32 games in a row without defeat, rising alongside Sedan (1954-1955 over two seasons in D2) and FC Nantes, champions of France during the 1994-1995 season. A great success for the duo made up of Slovenian coach Luka Elsner, who arrived this summer to replace Paul Le Guen, and sports director Mathieu Bodmer, a novice in the role a few months earlier.
The incident: the Bordeaux-Rodez match stopped after the aggression of a player
In a decisive match for the rise in Ligue 1 and the maintenance in Ligue 2 between Bordeaux and Rodez, the tension was too high… and the referee indicated the direction of the locker room in the 22nd minute. After Lucas Buades opened the scoring, a Bordeaux supporter came down from the bays of Matmut Atlantique to jostle the Ruthenian striker on the lawn
Interrupted at first, the match was finally stopped definitively, as announced by the referee of the meeting, Nicolas Rainville, in an improvised press conference. “The elements show that the player cannot resume since concussed. In collaboration with the delegates and the LFP, we have respected the regulations, namely that the match will not resume. The LFP announced that the status of the match would be decided by the disciplinary committee on Monday.
The wait: Metz not yet officially in Ligue 1
Dauphin of Le Havre, FC Metz won at Saint-Symphorien against Bastia (3-2) and took another step towards the rise in Ligue 1. But the return to the elite of Messins can only be recorded once the decision has been taken by the Disciplinary Committee concerning the fate of the meeting between Bordeaux and Rodez. Indeed, in the event that the match is replayed, the Bordelais could cap Metz on the post, winning by more than four goals against the Ruthenian club. As for the Occitanie club, it could ensure its maintenance in Ligue 2 if it were to win, therefore condemning Annecy to National 1.
Farewells: Dijon says goodbye to Ligue 2
In a chaotic end to the match, where Le Havre supporters invaded the lawn several seconds before the end, thus causing the match to be interrupted, Dijon was condemned to National 1 after their defeat at the Océane stadium. Although defeated in Saint-Etienne (0-2), Valenciennes escapes, as does Pau, who defeated Caen (1-0). Miraculously, Laval got away with it by snatching the goal of maintenance at the last minute in Amiens (2-1). A crazy evening on all sides…