The suspense rose to a crescendo in this last day of Ligue 2 2023-2024. When hosting a Dunkirk team almost maintained at Raymond-Kopa, Angers, second, was two points ahead of AS Saint-Étienne and only had to win on its lawn to validate its rise in the elite. It was not easy, like an indisputable penalty but not whistled on Farid El-Melali. But in the end, the goalless draw suited everyone (0-0). Ambushing in third place, the Greens attempted 14 shots in their first period on Robert-Diochon’s pitch, a season record. Unfortunately for them, it was not enough to score, quite the contrary: QRM, already condemned at the National, imposed itself in a very cold manner by sanctioning an opponent who was far too borrowed to shake the nets (2-1). Much less diesel than Angers or Sainté, Rodez acquired an express success against Ajaccio to seize fourth place in order to receive for its first play-off match (2-0).
Onaiwu sees triple, farewell for Manu Pérez
But to receive who, exactly? Paris FC, of course! In a perilous trip to Furiani, Stéphane Gili’s men trembled until the end against Bastia to maintain their place in the top 5 (1-1) but probably lost Ilan Kebbal, the best passer in the championship, to injury for the extension of the season. Crowned Ligue 2 champion at Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre combined the fireworks in the sky with those on the pitch by easily dominating Concarneau thanks, among other things, to a hat-trick from Ado Onaiwu (4-1). Among the disappointed, Stade Malherbe de Caen easily got rid of Valenciennes (3-0) but only finished sixth, at the foot of the jump-off places. Thanks to his fifteenth victory of the season on a dry strike from Amin Cherni in Guingamp (1-0)Stade Lavallois held its seventh place.
In the middle of the table, Amiens finished on a good note with an eighth place thanks to its victory in Grenoble (3-1), where the Isère club celebrated the end of Manu Pérez’s career after ten years spent at GF38 and 228 Ligue 2 matches under the hood. Also for honor, Bordeaux won a regional duel against Pau (3-2) thanks to a Zuriko Davitashvili visibly ready for the Euro. In a match behind closed doors in its Stade de l’Aube, Troyes gave a slim hope of remaining when it hosted Annecy, its direct competitor. Following the stopped match against Valenciennes, Troyes absolutely had to win but that did not happen, Nicolas De Préville could only respond to Kapitbafan Djoco’s opener (1-1). ESTAC will be in National next year, much to the chagrin of Benjamin Nivet.
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