Lately, the matches follow one another and almost all look the same for the AJA. This 1-1 against Le Havre for this closing meeting of the 31st day of Ligue 2 this Monday is the perfect example. Another part that the Icaunais seemed to have in hand. But still a draw, the 8th in 14 games since the start of the year. This is the fifth parity score in 2021 that the Auxerrois concede after leading the scoreboard. There was Caen (1-1), Grenoble (2-2), Amiens (1-1), Valenciennes (2-2) … and therefore a new sharing of points against HAC, the fourth in a row, for an AJA who has won only once in eight matches. It was not necessary to calculate at the dawn of this final sprint. We are, however, obliged, even if the observation hurts: the Ajaïstes, who had a golden opportunity to return to four points from 5th place, synonymous with playoffs and the club’s stated goal, are now relegated to six points from Paris FC . With seven days remaining, all is not lost. But that’s starting to do a lot …
Dugimont gives hope, before disillusionment
The AJA now seems unable to resist the opposing pressure as weak as it is. Because we recall that the HAC, 14th in Ligue 2 in the fight for maintenance and worse attack before the meeting, did not frame any shot before his penalty converted by Le Havre captain Alexandre Bonnet (1-1, 53rd) and obtained after a slight collision by Alexandre Coeff with Jamal Thiaré in the box. A new individual Auxerre error after those of Quentin Bernard and Kévin Fortuné during the last match in Valenciennes which had led to the two northern goals. And that weighs heavily.
However, it was the AJA who had reached the break with a goal in advance. The work of Rémy Dugimont. On his 12th goal of the season, the veteran (35 years old in July) was masterfully served in the meantime by Mathias Autret on the edge of offside and the penalty area, before taking the ball away from a good oriented control, to fix the Le Havre goalkeeper and slip the ball between his legs (1-0, 39 ‘). The playmaker joins his alter ego and teammate Hamza Sakhi at the top of the championship passer ranking, with this magnificent offering which eliminates four opposing players at once.
