Courtois celebrates the ‘promotion’ of ‘his’ Le Mans to Ligue 1

It’s not official yet, but it is unofficial. Le Mans will play again in the Ligue 1 after 16 years old. It was relegated in 2010 and even fell to Third.

Now, however, he has achieved return to the elite after two consecutive promotions. It’s not official because your party against Bastia – they were winning 0-2 in stoppage time – was interrupted with less than a minute left due to flares being thrown by local fans to protest the relegation of his team to Third Division.

It’s done. Le Manswith the three points of victory, would place second with 62 points and would ascend directly next to Troyes. With the regular League already over, St.-Étienne, Red Star and Rodez would fight to climb to the ‘playoffs’.

“Le Mans will have to wait a little longer for promotion,” announced the official account of ‘X’ of the Ligue 2. “The match between SC Bastia and Le Mans FC has been suspended and will not be resumed. A disciplinary commission of the LFP will meet in the coming days to decide the fate of the meeting,” they say.

In France it is taken for granted that they will win. “It’s not official, but it’s done,” says ‘L’Equipe’. Even Thibaut Courtois He did not hesitate to congratulate them through ‘Instagram’: “Congratulations, Le Mans”. And the goalkeeper of the real Madrid has played a capital role in it ascent.

He Belgian international He joined the club’s shareholders in February through NxtPlay Capitalthe global investment platform he co-founded with Gonzalo Vila.

He is not alone. Not at all. Courtois is accompanied in the project by personalities from the world of sport such as Novak Djokovic, Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen. From now on, the objective will be to become big, little by little, in Ligue 1.