Heavy defeat for AJA against Lille, Sunday July 7th. For its first match in Ligue 1 for more than 10 years, the Auxerre club lost four goals to one. What dampen the enthusiasm of the supporters a little.
Cold shower for the AJA. Sunday July 7, the Auxerrois faced Lille for their first match of the season in Ligue 1… and the result was not brilliant. Dominated from the first seconds of the match, the Icaunese club finally lost four goals to one. A result that did not fail to provoke some quips.
The Grail was reached on May 29, when AJA beat AS Saint-Étienne in the play-offs for the promotion to Ligue 1. Sporting and economic prospects unseen for 10 years then opened up for Auxerre. “The whole city of Auxerre is around them, it will give a balm to the heart of all the business in the city center“, declared at the time Sylvie, manager of a hotel, at the microphone of France 3.
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But the day after the defeat, the comments are more moderate. “I knew it was gonna be tough outside. I thought it was going to be 1-0, or a draw at a pinch. But with a team like that…“, confides an Auxerre supporter. “It’s a big loss“, admits Victorien, also a fervent supporter of the club.The start was complicated, the return to Ligue 1 will necessarily be.“
“Stop criticizing them!“, exclaims Odile, who has been following the club for years.On the contrary, we must go and applaud them. We wait a little bit and then it will be fine. The third or fourth game, I think it will be better.” An enthusiasm that Jean-Marc Furlan seems to share, despite the defeat. “When you’re in my place, you’re there to set up a one-year project“, justifies the AJA coach.
Who will we be in January, in February, in March? If it is, we will be twice, three times or four times stronger.
Jean-Marc Furlan, AJA coach
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In the meantime, the club can already hope to get up against Angers, for its second league match. The match will take place at home on Sunday August 14 at 3 p.m.
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