The place of barragist and that of second relegated to Ligue 2 will be played on the last day. They should argue between Saint-Etienne (17th, 30 points) and Le Havre (16th, 31 points). This Saturday evening, Saint-Etienne, which could have already been relegated to L2 in the event of a reverse, showed that he still wanted to stay alive. The Greens went to win in Reims (2-0).
Florent Tardieu opened the entrance score (3rd) then Irvin Cardona sheltered his team (41st). The Rémois (14th, 33 points) are not yet saved and can still be barragists. But they only need one point in Lille next week, in case the Havre wins.
If Saint-Étienne remains before and penalty and therefore relegated first, he returns to a point in Le Havre (16th). The Le Havre bowed (1-2) against OM in a match which was interrupted due to incidents in the stands After Amine Gouiri’s goal (56th). If during the resumption of the game, Issa Soumaré equalized (1-1, 66th), Mason Greenwood showed the Océane stadium (1-2, 85th) before Mine Gouiri seals the final score.
The Le Havre therefore remain in large danger. They will indeed travel to Strasbourg which is still in the race for a qualification in the European Cup, on the last day. Saint-Etienne will have a more “affordable” match on paper against Toulouse which has nothing more to play.
A point is enough in Nantes against the Montpellier red lantern
Nantes can however breathe. Antoine Kombouaré’s players, who had made a two-day mini-back in the Auxerre region, went to get a good draw (1-1). If Gaëtan Perrin had opened the scoring (1-0, 45th), Louis Leroux, the big hope of the club, equalized (1-1, 62nd). The Nantes, 15th, are three points ahead of Saint-Etienne and will not be able to be joined thanks to their best Goal-Everage (-16 against-37).
Their two points ahead of Le Havre should also be enough to avoid being a barragist. Even if this team has often desperate its supporters this season, the arrival of Montpellier, the worst team of Ligue 1next week at Beaujoire, should not be an obstacle too insurmountable to take the point that is enough for them.
Thanks to a double from Esteban Le Paul (15th, 48th), Angers, already in favorable tosh, he defeated Strasbourg (2-1) and was avoided any fear on the last day. A maintenance, a year after its rise in Ligue 1, celebrated by an invasion of land.
