The Bordeaux-Rodez match, stopped Friday evening with a score of 1-0 for the visitors after the attack on the striker by a spectator during the 38th and last day of Ligue 2, “must be replayed”, estimated Saturday the president d’Annecy, threatened with relegation to the lower floor.
The Haute-Savoie club would be relegated to the National championship, the third level of French football, if the three points of victory are awarded to Rodez, who would at the same time snatch its maintenance in L2. The result of the meeting has not yet been confirmed. A decision will be taken on Monday by the Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League (LFP), which can give Rodez a 3-0 victory on the green carpet or have the match replayed.
“In any case, the match must be replayed. The challenge is to know the position of the LFP and the authorities, ”continued the president of FC Annecy. “I have deep respect for them. I have an opinion on the images I have seen, on the position of common sense and ethics. We cannot close a championship with such a stake on a decision which would result in a match won on green carpet which, consequently, condemns another club. There is a fairness that must be maintained, ”he pleaded to AFP.
The match between Bordeaux and Rodez, decisive both for the rise in Ligue 1 and for the maintenance in Ligue 2, was interrupted after the aggression by a spectator of the Ruthenian striker Lucas Buades who had just opened the scoring (22nd minute ).
As it stands, Annecy, beaten 1-0 on Friday evening on the lawn of Paris FC, occupies 16th place, synonymous with maintaining L2, with 45 points. But Rodez, 17th and first relegated, is only two lengths away. If the RAF recovers the three points of the victory against Bordeaux, the two clubs will exchange their destinies.
“We could be part of the collateral damage of a decision which would lean on a match won on green carpet for Rodez”, insisted the president of Annecy. “We are waiting, like Metz, Bordeaux, Rodez, for the decision of the commission. We are all impacted by this incident and we will see how the League positions itself,” he added.
Because this pending match also has consequences on the top of the table. Le Havre, champion of Ligue 2, is guaranteed to take the lift. A slight doubt still surrounds the identity of the one who will accompany him next season in L1. FC Metz, which ended its championship with a victory against Bastia, currently holds the second ticket, with a three-point lead over Bordeaux, and a better goal difference (28 against 24).
