Ajoie revived in the promotion-relegation barrage against La Chaux-de-Fonds in Act III. In Porretruy, the Jurassians won 3-2 in the 93rd minute in 2nd overtime.
It was a bit of the last that rang for the Jurassians. The opportunity to show that they were the residents of the National League. Locked in their bubble with the choice not to speak to the press, the Ajoulots had no room for error.
Julien Vauclair’s men attacked the match in the right way, but they conceded the opener in the 5th on a superb triangulation concluded by Oliver Achermann. Worse, in the 31st, the Neuchâtelois scored 0-2 following a blunder by Guillaume Asselin. The Quebecer recovered by making it 2-2 in the 40th, after Birbaum reduced the mark in the 37th.
In a suffocating game for the residents of the National League, it was not until the 2nd overtime and a goal from Jordane Hauert to free the ice. The symbol is all the stronger since Hauert is the president’s son and will retire at the end of the season. He played his last matches with his old club. By scoring this important goal, he will in any case be entitled to a 5th game in his garden.
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