After ten waits, Auxerre snatched their return to Ligue 1 on penalties against Saint-Etienne (1-1, 5 pens to 4) on Sunday in the return play-off (first leg: 1-1), a result which sends the Greens in Ligue 2. After Hamza Sakhi’s opener (51st) for the Burgundians, Mahdi Camara equalized for the Stéphanois (77th). The team coached by Jean-Marc Furlan, specialist in the climbs, finally obtained their return to the elite on penalties thanks to a save by their goalkeeper Donovan Leon on the shot of Ryad Boudebouz. The match ended in confusion with overflows from the Saint-Etienne supporters and the intervention of the police.
Auxerre returns to Ligue 1 10 years later and sends Saint-Etienne to L2
