In the French Ligue 1 Play-Out final, Pascal Dupraz’s team went to St. Etienne faced off against Auxerre, directed by Jean-Marc Furlan.
While the regular time of the match played at Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in the return leg of the first match of 1-1 and the extensions were completed with the equality of 1-1, after the penalty shootout, Auxerre defeated his opponent 5-4 and became the side to rise to the league. Auxerre’s goal came from Hamza Sakhi in 51, while St. Ettiene’s equalizing goal came from Mahdi Camara in 76. On penalties, St. Ryan Boudebouz, who took the first penalty for Etienne, failed to take advantage of the shot.
With this result, one of the two teams with the most championships in Ligue 1 with 10 championships, St. Etienne was relegated. The winner of the match, Auxerre, managed to return to Ligue 1 after 10 years, from which he fell in the 2011-12 season.
END OF MATCH, FANS ENTERED THE FIELD!
After the match, the fans of Saint Etienne, who could not digest relegation, entered the field and caused an incident. Security forces intervened against the fans, who showered the field with torches.