Jean-Marc Furlan (Auxerre coach): “It’s a great deliverance. Even half an hour after the match, we are still very tense but the joy is there. We must thank the players. It gives great pleasure. Winning the play-offs with a return to the Ligue 1 club is something exceptional. It was the twelve months of work that allowed us to withstand the shock and achieve this result. After the match, I freaked out because I took tear gas canisters, like my players. But the experience of penalties, I did not look.
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I just listened to the substitutes who were very happy before returning to the locker room very quickly. We counted ourselves to find out if there were any missing. These incidents are very sad. Gaëtan Perrin’s equalizer in the first leg allowed us to play free and our good end to the match also unlike this Sunday. This allowed us to get the shots on goal. And there was a great game from our goalkeeper Donovan Léon. After the match, there were emotional moments for me as several players came to hug me and thank me. I am at the end of the contract in Auxerre where every day for ten years, we are told that we want Ligue 1”.
