Victory for Paris in Ajaccio, a breath of fresh air for Lyon, sinking Angers, Reims’ first victory at home this season: the 12th day of Ligue 1 ended this Sunday evening with an avalanche of goals at Pierre Mauroy. Lille beat Monaco 4 goals to 3. France Bleu takes stock, game by game.
Paris and Mbappé provide the essentials in Ajaccio
PSG enforced logic easily dominating Ajaccio 3-0
Friday at the François-Coty stadium, preserving his invincibility thanks in particular to a double from Kylian Mbappé and the goal from Lionel Messi, but without reassuring himself particularly in the game. The leader of the championship has been skating for several weeks and no longer masters the operations relentlessly. The trip to Corsica provided a new illustration of this and Christophe Galtier is no further ahead in his thinking after yet another messy production by his troops. Facing the 18th in the standings, we could have expected a Parisian demonstration, even in the absence of Neymar.
Lyon beats Montpellier in extremis
Olympique Lyonnais ended a six-game winless streak in Ligue 1, Saturday by winning 2-1 on the wire in Montpellier
thanks to its captain Alexandre Lacazette, decisive passer then scorer in the 90th minute. Lyon inflicted the fourth defeat in a row to Montpellier. Named coach two weeks ago, Laurent Blanc won his first match
with OL.
3rd defeat in a row for OM
At the Velodrome, OM and Lens delivered an intense show at the top of the table,
sometimes chopped, with offensive waste and success, too, for the Blood and Gold when it came to making a difference. Incoming David Pereira Da Costa tried his luck from a distance, his shot was deflected by defender Leo Balerdi before bouncing off the crossbar of Pau Lopez, beaten on this cannon shot in the form of a stroke of fate (78th) . The Lensois realize a nice operation with a direct competitor for the podium. The Marseillais chain a third defeat in a row in the league, after their disillusionment with these same Corsicans (2-1 at home) and against Paris (1-0 at the Parc des Princes), a series that weighs down the atmosphere four days before a crucial Champions League trip to Frankfurt on Wednesday.
Rennes wins on the wire in Angers
Rennes climbed to 4th place thanks to a victory on the wire 2 to 1
against brave Angevins but increasingly stuck in the red zone, Sunday during the 12th day of Ligue 1. In a Raymond-Kopa stadium where the Rennes supporters, who came in large numbers, were often the noisiest, Amine Salama (53rd) answered Amine Gouiri (43rd) and Lovro Majer concluded on penalty (90th + 4). With this 6th victory in the league, and its 12th match without defeat in all competitions, Rennes is still a little closer to the podium and maintains its momentum before going to play Fenerbahçe at the head of its Europa League group this Thursday in Istanbul. Angers is in last place in the standings.
Strasbourg returns in the 2nd half, the disputed arbitration
The Alsatians have come a long way to Toulouse
(2-2), where they were down 2-0. Lebo Mothiba (65th) and Kevin Gameiro (73rd) allowed their trainer Julien Stéphan to breathe better, whilea third loss in three weeks was looming. Strasbourg even leaves from the amazing promoted, tenth, with some regrets. Referee Jérémy Stinat almost awarded them a penalty at the very end of the match, before changing his mind with the support of the VAR. “The referee lacked courage”denounced the Alsatian coach Julien Stéphan during the press conference. “There are penalties every day, it’s incomprehensible” commented defender Maxime Le Marchand. TFC failed to string together a fourth win
home.
Brest revives, Islam Slimani complains of racist insults
Brest won largely at Clermont (3-1). A match that bore the seal of Romain Del Castillo. Holder for the third time in a row, he opened the scoring from the penalty spot (15th) before serving Honorat (54th) and Le Douaron (68th). The Bretons had many situations but Diaw was still solid and was even saved by his post (7th). The penultimate defense of Ligue 1 was rarely threatened by Auvergnats quickly deprived of Gonalons, even if Allevinah saved the honor at the end of the meeting (89th).
Brest striker Islam Slimani complained of racial slurs
at the end of the game. “The most important thing is our victory. But it’s the captain. I think it’s serious to hear that again because there are a lot of African players who play with him”, did he declare. Johan Gastien, the player in question, denies the insults.
Reims beat Auxerre
The dismissal of Oscar Garcia, in Reims, may have given a boost to the team now led by William Still. A week after standing up to Lorient (0-0), the Champagne club has given itself some air against Auxerre (2-1) thanks to a goal from Japanese striker Junya Ito in the final minutes. Reims are fourteenth and Auxerre, eighteenth with nine points, the same total as the first non-relegation player, Strasbourg.
Attached to Troyes, Lorient can have regrets
Lorient may have regrets after conceding on the lawn of Troyes (2-2) a second consecutive draw, thus giving up second place in the standings to Lens on Sunday. The Hakes indeed dominated the meeting and made gifts to Estac, like the goal against his camp from the head of Julien Laporte (34th) and this bad pass from Montassar Talbi which benefited Rony Lopes ( 61st). The Bretons, who have not lost in eight matches (6 wins, 2 draws), however had the merit of coming back twice through Stéphane Diarra (50th) and Quentin Boisgard (81st). Troyes, who has not won in four games (3 draws, 1 loss) and will have a perilous trip to Paris on Saturday, is content with this point obtained against a superior Breton team.
One point each for Nice and Nantes
Parity score 1-1 between Nice and Nantes this Sunday in this match counting for the twelfth day of Ligue 1. After a balanced first period during which the two teams each had their highlight, it was the Nantes who dominated the last 45 minutes
. Sharper in the calls and in the passes, Nantes logically opened the scoring through Ganago on a tense cross from Simon. After this goal, the Canaries continued their domination while the Aiglons never found the solution. The equalizer finally arrived in the very last seconds on a penalty signed Pepe after a hand from Nantes. A tense end to the match with the expulsion of Lafont for Nantes who collected two yellow cards for protest.
A festival of goals and a victory for Lille against Monaco
Sunday evening, LOSC won their clash of the 12th day of Ligue 1 against AS Monaco after a thrilling storyline match (4-3). The Mastiffs, as attractive offensively as they are feverish in defense, gave the Monegasques several gifts but still managed to snatch victory in a boiling Pierre-Mauroy Stadium. Alexsandro opened the scoring (22nd), then Rémy Cabella offered himself a double (39th, 62nd) and Jonathan Bamba, captain for a night, offered victory to his team (71st). The goals of Caio Henrique, on a handball from the northern goalkeeper (34th), Axel Disasi (44th) and Wissam Ben Yedder, after an error by Tiago Djalo, were not enough for ASM.
In the ranking, Lille climbs to 6th place and passes in front of his evening opponent. ASM’s unbeaten streak comes to an end, as Philippe Clement’s men have gone 6 games in a row without defeat in the league.
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