Auxerre were beaten 3-1 by Lance and relegated to Ligue 2 after a game in which goalkeeper Ionuc Radu made two blunders.

L’Equipe: “Nightmare night for Jonuts Radu”

Auxerre needed at least the same result as Nantes (1-0 against Angers) to stay in Ligue 1, but Christophe Pellizier’s side lost 3-1 at home.

Although Claude-Maurice (’19) opened the scoring for Lance, Radu had a solid first half, making three saves.

However, the second half was a nightmare for the Romanian goalkeeper. In the 48th minute, Claude-Maurice received a pass from his own half of the field, Radu went to fight back, but missed the ball and the “Lance” player managed to “double”.

Nyang (’71) reduced Auxerre’s deficit but Openda (’78) set up the final score, beating Rada with a shot into the far corner, which was not to trouble the Romanian.

L’Equipe journalists did not forgive Jonuts Rada, who wrote that “he had a nightmarish evening.”

“He made three decisive saves in the first half. Without him, AJA would probably have collapsed immediately. But the goalkeeper must never lose concentration and, above all, he must not make mistakes. Excellent, impeccable until now, the Romanian ruined everything with two gross mistakes.

First, with a rough approach to Lance’s second goal. Misunderstanding with his central defender, inexcusable hesitation at the highest level. Radu fought outside the penalty area and collided with the stopper Mensah with the score 0-2.

With the score 1:3, Openda scored from a corner, Radu wanted to score, but dropped the ball between his legs. What a nightmare evening for him!” – L’Equipe.