There was no miracle. Despite an excellent end to the season in accounting terms, under the leadership of Pascal Dupraz, appointed in early April, Dijon was condemned by Le Havre (0-1), this Friday evening after a chaotic end to the match. Thinking the match was over, the Le Havre supporters invaded the lawn several seconds before the end, which caused the match to be interrupted. After about twenty minutes, the match finally resumed but without the Dijonnais, who remained in the locker room and the referee validated the victory in Le Havre.
This is the first defeat for more than two months for Dijon and thus synonymous with a descent into the National. A cruel outcome. Ligue 1, the DFCO was still playing there two years ago. Now he is two steps down. The evening plan, rather defensive, lasted only about ten minutes since the Le Havre opened the scoring on their first hot situation, through Josué Casimir, left completely free of marking by Adama Fofana, on a center at the far post (11th).
Failed Dupraz mission
The unity displayed before and during the match by the Dijon group was not enough to hide everything. Dijon had the ball, touched the bar (Soumaré, 53rd), but never managed to get better. The fifth biggest budget of the Championship falls from very high, in National.
But who will accompany Niort, Nîmes and therefore Dijon on the lower floor next season? The final stoppage of the match between Bordeaux and Rodez, after the irruption and the blow given by an individual to the Ruthenian striker Lucas Buades during his celebration (1 to 0 in the 22nd minute), prevents an official pronouncement at this moment. Everything will depend, in the coming days, on the action to be taken decided by the authorities, even if the case law does not plead in favor of the Girondins.
Miraculous Laval, Annecy under threat
Thus, if he were to win on the green carpet, Rodez, the first non-relegation team at kick-off, would be saved. In the meantime, the result of Bordeaux-Rodez being frozen, it is Annecy, beaten by Paris FC (0-1), which is clearly threatened with relegation. Valenciennes, although defeated at Saint-Étienne (0-2), as well as Pau, winner of Caen (1-0), and especially Laval, who overthrew Amiens (2-1) and snatched the goal of maintaining the last minute (90+4), are out of the woods. What a crazy late night…