FC Metz prevails in the relegation against Stade Reims

Decision in extension

Relegation spectacle in France

Pure excitement in France: The relegation game between Stade Reims and FC Metz is not for the faint of heart – the decision is only made in extra time.

FC Metz is back in Ligue 1. After only one year in the French 2nd league, the team of coach Stéphane Le Mignan succeeds in return. Metz, with the former Bundesliga player Benjamin Stambouli (from 2016 to 2021 at Schalke 04) in the starting eleven, the relegation secondary at Stade Reims wins 3: 1 after extra time.

Any Martial Tia brings Reims in the lead after 57 minutes before Matthieu Udol succeeds in the 78th minute. After the 1-1 from the first leg, the game goes into extra time. A double strike from Metz brings the decision here: Alpha Touré (110th minute) and Gauthier Hein (114th minute) shoot Metz back into the Ligue 1.

For Stade Reims, the sad highlight of two crazy football weeks is. On the last day of the Ligue 1, Le Havre wins 3-2 with Racing Strasbourg in the ninth minute of stoppage time – and sends Reims to the relegation. A week later, Reims loses the cup final against Paris Saint-Germain 0: 3. Now the bankruptcy against Metz and the descent into the second division.