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It took courage, consistency in ideas and a lot of tenacity to resist the Lille armada, this Friday, in this Abbé-Deschamps arena which has become impregnable over the months. These virtues,AJA
cultivates them like few teams since its return to Ligue 1. They now allow it to have a small head start in its maintenance mission.
This Auxerre-Lille ended in a goalless draw, but there are 0-0s that are more incredible than they seem. The first half didn’t look great, though. Superior in holding the ball, LOSC started strong, with high and intense pressing, but apart from a long shot from André well deflected by De Percin, they did not have much to put under the tooth.
Auxerre saved by a heroic De Percin
The AJA first built its plan on the idea of resistance. But she also became emboldened, before the rest, on these projections which became her signature. Hamed Junior Traoré and Gaëtan Perrin took care of almost everything to provide some thrills with the ball – without much success. It was upon returning from the locker room that everything came alive, with a funny film – a story about penos – which lasted a good quarter of an hour.
There was this penalty awarded to Haraldsson, first, then canceled after viewing the VAR (52nd). Then there was a second penalty, immediately, not whistled at first then awarded with video assistance. Paul Joly, guilty of a foul on the same Haraldsson, was even excluded on the spot. But Théo De Percin, replacing Donovan Léon, imitated his friend by pulling out all the stops to defeat Jonathan David, a specialist in the exercise (59th).
Lille out of ideas
Reduced to ten for more than half an hour, the Auxerres activated other levers to resist the Lille assaults. The legs, the heart, the head, and perhaps this feeling of injustice which carried them as much as their formidable audience. Hero of the match, De Percin was once again hot with a new shot from Haraldsson whistled on each ball (64th).
And who knows, with an additional zest of success, the AJA could even have made the perfect shot but a certain Lucas Chevalier had his match at the other end of the meadow, too, by releasing a shot from the tips of his gloves. Gaëtan Perrin (71st). AJA and LOSC will therefore still have to wait before unlocking their victory counter in 2025. For the promoted team, it is a draw with the flavor of a victory. LOSC will have to be content with that. Curtain.
