Le Havre Scores From the Penalty Spot in the 99th Minute to Stay Alive, St. Etienne Moves to the Second League

The last round of the French championship saw a dramatic battle for relegation. Toulouse, without Miha Zajc, defeated St. Etienne (2:3) on the road, which is moving to the second division. Le Havre miraculously escaped, and Reims will play additional qualifications for relegation.

Horneland and Saint-Étienne relegated – sunk by Norwegians Saint-Étienne had to beat Toulouse at home and hope that Le Havre would give up points against high-flying Strasbourg. Then there would have been qualification against Metz from Ligue 1 for the last place in the top division. Warren Kamanzi and Joshua King spoiled those plans. They gave Toulouse a two-goal lead with a goal each in the first quarter, and later King had an assist on Toulo…

This was not won at the start of the season, but Le Havre managed to avoid the automatic relegation to Ligue 2! So it is the Stade de Reims, 16th, which will play the two games of the dams against FC Metz, which validated its ticket for this event a few hours before. With a final of Coupe de France to play in the meantime...

Battu by Toulouse (2-3), Saturday night on the 34th and last day of Ligue 1, Saint-Étienne was relegated to Ligue 2, a year after his climb. After his victory in Strasbourg (3-2), Le Havre remained in extremis and sent Reims to play a barrage against Metz to save himself on 21 and 29 May.

The HAC won its hold on 17 April 2025 at the end of a totally crazy match, and a penalty won at the last second of the season transformed by Abdoulaye Touré, author of a double in Strasbourg (2-3).