Ludovic Ajorque scored his 15th and 16th goals of the season in Ligue 1, Sunday in Nice. – CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP
- RC Strasbourg won Sunday night in Nice (2-0) on behalf of the 37th day of Ligue 1.
- Despite this success, the Alsatian club is not assured of its maintenance in Ligue 1. Everything will be decided on the last day, Sunday at La Meinau against Lorient.
- “We will still have to achieve a result,” confirmed Thierry Laurey.
A guard of honor, songs and unfailing support. Several hundred Racing supporters reminded the players on Saturday at La Meinau: victory was compulsory in Nice. Message heard! It even took less than two minutes, Sunday to Strasbourg to put it into practice.
The time for Ajorque to tear away in order to propel the ball to the bottom after a stop by Benitez against Diallo (0-1, 2nd). An ideal start which then allowed the Alsatians to wait for the Azureans to better counter them. And it is precisely on an action of this kind that came the second goal of the players of Thierry Laurey. With Guilbert in the center and… again Ajorque at the finish, with a header this time (0-2, 66th). For a final success as short as it is extremely precious.
Except that Racing is not the only bottom team to have won on Sunday. All its competitors too, except Brest. Result, Dimitri Liénard and his family, now 15th, are still not guaranteed to stay in Ligue 1. They still have one point ahead of the current 18th, Nantes. Everything will therefore be decided next Sunday at La Meinau (9 p.m.), against Lorient (17th). A draw will suffice for the maintenance. But in the event of a defeat and a catastrophic scenario, the Strasbourg residents could play a dam against a Ligue 2 club. One last day under high tension …
“We keep our destiny in our hands”
“We will still have to achieve a result,” confirmed the Bas-Rhin coach, obviously “satisfied” with the success achieved on the Côte d’Azur. But also measured. “In our situation, the important thing is to take points. We are not going to climb trees after this victory. The positions are very tight at the end of the ranking […] But we keep our fate in our hands. “
“There were two finals to play. We won the first one, there is one left, ”Alsatian captain Stefan Mitrovic told him at the microphone of Canal +.