AC Ajaccio did not miss the boat. The Corsican club won against Grenoble (1-0) by the smallest of margins on Tuesday, as part of the 19th and last day of the first leg of Ligue 2. A precious success acquired thanks to Riad Nouri, allowing the men of Olivier Pantaloni, positive for Covid-19 and replaced for this match by Jordan Galtier, the son of Christophe, to finish the autumn champion of the antechamber of French football. Toulouse, who took the 3 points by going to beat Nîmes (2-0) in the Gard, remains second. The other good operation of the evening at the top of the L2 ranking is to be credited to Paris FC. Thierry Laurey’s men provided the necessary against Amiens (1-0), chaining a sixth consecutive success (a record for them). Morgan Guilavogui scored the only goal of this match for Charléty in the 7th minute.
The Ile-de-France club thus takes advantage of Auxerre’s misstep, defeated by Le Havre (2-3) in Burgundy, to climb onto the last step of the podium. Sochaux, held in check by a formation of Valenciennes reduced to 10 (1-1), misses for his part the opportunity to integrate the top 4. Note that thanks in particular to a superb goal from Alex Dobre, Dijon sank a little more Nancy in the crisis by winning over Marcel Picot (3-0). Another great achievement to report in this multiplex before the end of the year celebrations: the heavy strike of Bilal Boutobba during Niort’s large victory against Pau (3-0). Finally, Queuvilly-Rouen signed a nice comeback by scoring 2 goals in two minutes against Caen in added time (2-2).
The results of the 19th day
AC Ajaccio 1-0 Grenoble Foot 38: Nouri (49th)
AJ Auxerre 2-3 Havre AC : Charbonnier (17th, 90th + 1) / Boura (3rd), Alioui (41st), Boutaib (62nd)
EA Guingamp 2-1 USL Dunkirk: Pierrot (50th, 55th) / Tchokounte (52nd)
AS Nancy Lorraine 0-3 Dijon FCO : Dobre (23rd), Jacob (78th), Philippoteaux (80th)
Olympic Nimes 1-2 Toulouse FC : Cubas (82nd) / Nicolaisen (3rd), Healey (60th)
Chamois Niortais FC 3-0 Pau FC: Sissoko (48th, sp), Merdji (73rd), Boutobba (81st)
Paris FC 1-0 Amiens SC: Guilavogui (7th)
Quevilly-Rouen 2-2 SM Caen: Padovani (90th + 2), Sidibe (90th + 3) / Oniangue (26th), Da Costa (50th)
Rodez Aveyron Football 0-0 SC Bastia
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 1-1 Valenciennes FC: Mauricio (64th) / Ayite (11th)