AJ Auxerre humiliated at home, lost 5-0 against Toulouse FC
AJ Auxerre suffered their worst defeat at home this Wednesday, January 11: 0-5 against Toulouse FC, on behalf of the 18th day of Ligue 1. A slap from which the Icaunais will have to recover, and quickly.
“It’s a real nightmare. I hadn’t seen it coming. The only one who was up to it was the public. I want to apologize and thank them“The declaration is signed by Christophe Pélissier, the coach of AJ Auxerre, in a post-match press conference. This Wednesday evening, the blues and whites suffered their worst defeat at home, 5 goals to 0, defeated by Toulouse Football Club, another team promoted to Ligue 1 this season.
At the Abbé-Deschamps stadium, more than 14,000 supporters had made the trip for this meeting of the 18th day of Ligue 1. At the final whistle, many had already left the stands, disgusted by the turn of the match: a first Toulouse goal from the 4th minute of play, a second in the 33rd, a third penalty in the 41st, a fourth in the 75th and the coup de grace in the 88th minute.
“From all points of view, we did not put the right ingredients“, reacted the Auxerre striker Gaëtan Perrin at the microphone of France Bleu Auxerre at the end of the meeting. “We’ve been saying it for several matches: it’s the little details that make the difference at the top level and they (the Toulousains) punish us right away.”
“We take 5-0 at home, what do you want me to tell you? There is not much positive on this evening.”
At the end of the match, several supporters descend on the lawn to explain themselves to the players. The captain of AJA, Birama Touré, notably came to discuss a few moments with them.
“I found the public very positive on this match and once again, I thank them and I apologize on behalf of everyone“, added Christophe Pélissier in post-match conference. “We are all to blame“, recognizes the coach. “Maybe the first but weakened us, but we don’t do anything with the ball and it’s hard to win games when we’re not playing.“
With this crushing defeat, AJA find themselves 18th out of 20 in the Ligue 1 standings. The team is threatened with relegation to Ligue 2, since at the end of the season, the last four of the championship will be automatically relegated without matches. play-offs, following the reform announced in 2022 by the Professional Football League and the transition to eighteen clubs.
“It’s like life, you have to move on“, said Gaëtan Perrin this Wednesday evening.A game Saturday, in three days. Certainly, it will not be the easiest match at the Bollaert stadium.” And it’s nothing to say: Auxerre, which totals 13 points in the standings, moves to Lens, 41 points, second in the provisional standings and winner of the leader PSG on January 1 …
“We will have to be men, show that we have character, that we are a close-knit team“, wants to believe Gaëtan Perrin. Same speech on the side of Christophe Pélissier: “We are top athletes. You have to face these moments standing up.”
Before that, the AJA organizes, Friday January 13, its usual training open to the supporters and its press conference the day before the match. This will be the opportunity to take the hens of an Auxerre team certainly very diminished, but which will refuse to admit defeat.