Peter Bosz, Michel Der Zakarian, and now Jean-Marc Furlan: this football weekend will have been fatal to three Ligue 1 coaches. According to information revealed by the newspaper L’Équipe, which we are able to confirm, the he coach of AJ Auxerre was dismissed by the Burgundy club on Tuesday, following the club’s defeat this Sunday against Clermont, marked in particular by an incident involving the 64-year-old technician.
This incident precipitated the club’s decision, which dismissed Furlan for “serious misconduct” according to our information. Expelled for giving the finger of honor to Clermont supporters, a gesture he repeated when leaving the lawn, Jean-Marc Furlan justified himself in a post-match press conference: “I went to see the referee because I didn’t think there were enough fouls for us. When I got up, the public insulted me, so I turned around and gave the finger (…) Whatever the sanction, it doesn’t matter. The sanction will probably be very heavy but the work, you do it during the week, not on the sidelines. “One thing is certain: he will therefore not serve his suspension on the bench of AJ Auxerre, who publicly apologized for the gesture of his coach on Monday but has not yet officially announced his dismissal.
Appointed coach of AJA, then in Ligue 2, in 2019, Jean-Marc Furlan had succeeded, as he had done with Troyes (2005, 2012, 2015) and Brest (2019) to bring the club up in Ligue 1 , ten years after the descent into Ligue 2 and after an epic play-off against AS Saint-Étienne. In just over three seasons on the Auxerre bench, Furlan has led 125 games (53 wins, 38 draws, 34 losses). This season in Ligue 1, AJA was in 16th place, just outside the red zone, with only 8 points (2 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses).