Fate was on his side! Luka Elsner remains part of the French football elite after Metz’s sensational defeat to his Le Havre
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Ligue 1, another season is coming to an end this Sunday, but even though Luka Elsner had quite a few worries in recent weeks, they will now be very sweet, as the Slovenian coach has managed to secure survival just a year after promoting to the elite. Le Havre competed evenly with all the other teams for most of the season, despite having an extremely low budget. However, a poor streak pushed Elsner and his players to the brink, even to the point where they were trembling until the last moment, but in the end, their last victim saved them…
Last weekend didn’t start promisingly for Le Havre’s footballers as they succumbed to defeat away to Nice, where they came closest to securing the vital points for survival in the second half when they increased the pressure, which, however, did not result in a goal, and the score remained unchanged from the 12th minute when Jeremie Boga found the net.
The team from the port city had to wait until Sunday evening when the eyes of most of the French football public were focused on Kylian Mbappe’s farewell match at the Parc des Princes in PSG’s jersey, but all those involved with Le Havre were interested only in the clash between Strasbourg and Metz. Unfortunately for the former coach of Olimpija and Domžale, the match didn’t unfold as desired because in the 54th minute after Georges Mikautadze’s goal, Metz took the lead, which meant that everything would still be open in the final round as the two teams would be tied on points.
However, it seems that the legendary Patrick Viera, who has been on the bench of Strasbourg since the beginning of the season, wanted the second-to-last train for survival to be caught by the team he last outplayed, as his players turned the game in their favor with goals in the 89th and 91st minutes, sending Metz into the relegation playoffs.
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