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Ten years after its relegation, the players of AJ Auxerre have won their ticket to return to Ligue 1. Two days before their first match, which will take place on Sunday August 7, the atmosphere is rising in the city.
They haven’t changed a bit. They are still not international stars, but AJ Auxerre is no longer the same club. The thirty players, including six rookies, will now play in Ligue 1. “It feels, in Ligue 1, there are more people, there are more cameras, there are more things that revolve around us”entrusts Mathias Autret, midfielder for AJ Auxerre. After 10 years in Ligue 2, the players will play their first match at the highest level against Lille on Sunday August 7.
The training session was therefore a bit special, since 3,500 people reserved their places. Dominique and her family wanted to celebrate the climb as it should. “It’s wonderful, and then there, to come now with the little ones…”, slips the spectator. Since last season, the number of subscribers has almost quadrupled to more than 8,000. As in the days of Guy Roux, the club’s objective remains maintenance, as if nothing had changed at the ‘AJ Auxerre.