The duel between AJ Auxerre and LOSC Lille escalated completely on Sunday evening in Ligue 1. Four players had to leave the pitch. But there was no shortage of goals either. Lille won 4-3.
Referee Jeremie Pignard has rarely spent such an intensive day on the pitch. The referee drew red three times in the heated encounter between the traditional clubs. There was also another yellow-red.
The negative highlight was a huge pack formation in the 88th minute. There was initially a fairly unspectacular foul on the sideline. But then Auxerre’s Oussama El Azzouzi and Lille’s Romain Perraud clashed, butted heads and couldn’t be separated. It was red for both and many other players were involved.
The flood of red started in the first half. Lille’s Nathan Ngoy was the last man to stop his opponent Danny Namaso near the halfway line after a long ball and had to take a shower earlier (37′).
Four red cards in Auxerre
After the break, Auxerre’s Clément Akpa then kicked Benjamin André’s heel in the center circle and received a yellow-red card (60′). Both teams ultimately played the game with eight field players.
Lille ultimately won thanks to goals from Hakon Haraldsson (9th), Nabil Bentaleb (77th), Soriba Diaoune (80th) and André (86th). Auxerre celebrated thanks to Lassine Sinayoko (57th/83rd) and Chancel Mbemba (66th).
The success moved Lille up to third place. Auxerre is 16th in the table. stuck in the basement.
