Saint-Etienne wins the first leg against Metz and takes an option on the climb

The Cauldron can turn green with pleasure. At home, AS Saint-Etienne beat FC Metz (2-1) in the first leg of the L1/L2 play-offs, Thursday May 30. Two years after its relegation, the Forez club, third in Ligue 2, is taking an option to join the elite, before the return match scheduled for Sunday (5 p.m.) in Lorraine.

At the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, the Greens opened the scoring through Ibrahim Sissoko on a pass from Mathieu Cafaro (20th) and increased the score by Irvin Cardona with a header from six meters (81st). In the meantime, the Grenats, sixteenth in Ligue 1, had equalized through Ismaël Traoré, also with a header from a corner, just before the break (45th).