After Angers and Ajaccio, the Trojans formalized their descent into Ligue 2 after sinking in Rennes on Sunday. Savior of Olympique Lyonnais last weekend, Alexandre Lacazette missed a penalty in the last moments against Clermont (1-2).
Three relegations out of four formalized in Ligue 1. After Angers two weeks earlier, the 35th day of Ligue 1 condemned two new clubs: Ajaccio, slapped by Paris Saint-Germain (0-5), Saturday, and Troyes, dominated by the Stade Rennes (0-4), Sunday. Brest carried out a good operation in the race for maintenance by offering Auxerre at home (1-0). Montpellier and Lorient neutralized each other (1-1).
At the top of the table, Olympique Lyonnais was slowed down on the lawn of Clermont (1-2), while AS Monaco conceded a draw against Losc (0-0), ensuring Lens to end the season on the podium.
Farewells: Troyes says goodbye to Ligue 1
For a few days, the relegation of Troyes seemed inevitable, it is now official. After Angers and Ajaccio, the men of Patrick Kisnorbo took, in turn, the direction of the lower floor. Like its return phase in the league (four points taken, four draws, 11 defeats), Estac collapsed in the Roazhon Park against Stade Rennais (0-4).
During its 11 seasons in Ligue 1, the Trojan club has now been relegated six times. In the top flight, no other team has had more runs than holds among those with ten or more seasons. If this result buries all hopes of staying in Troyes, the Bretons have carried out a good operation in their race for Europe by taking two points from Lille, held in check by Monaco (0-0).
The imbroglio: 1h30 delay between Toulouse and Nantes, several players refuse the rainbow jersey
Initially scheduled for 3 p.m., the Toulouse-Nantes kick-off was finally postponed to 4.30 p.m., by decision of the prefect. According to information from France Bleu Loire Océan, three suspicious packages, of the remote ignition devices intended to release smoke in the colors of the TFC, were found under the tarpaulins of the Nantes part of the stands.
At the same time, the striker of the Yellow and Green, Mostafa Mohamed, summoned to the group for the trip to Toulouse, refused to leave his hotel, not wishing to wear the jersey with rainbow flocking put in place by the LFP for the campaign against homophobia. Same observation on the Toulouse side, where “players in the professional squad have expressed their disagreement with the association of their image with rainbow colors representing the LGBT movement”indicates in a press release the club, which announced the dismissal for the match on Sunday.
After the intervention of the demining service, the meeting was able to take place calmly in the stands and on the lawn. In contrast to the festival offered during the last Coupe de France final (victory for Toulouse, 5-1), Nantes and Toulouse ended with a goalless draw (0-0). A small point which is of capital importance for the Canaries (17th), who are still alive for maintenance with Auxerre, Brest and Strasbourg.
The tile: heroic against Montpellier, Alexandre Lacazette fallen to Clermont
His failure could weigh heavily. While he had been the messiah of Lyon’s victory last weekend against Montpellier (5-4), author of a quadruple, including a decisive penalty in the dying seconds of the game, Alexandre Lacazette missed the opportunity to put on, once again, the superhero cape. Despite opening the scoring (22nd), the OL captain saw Clermont regain the lead thanks to a double from Grejohn Kyei (25th, 65th).
By obtaining a penalty in stoppage time, Olympique Lyonnais had the opportunity to come back to score and grab a precious point in the race for Europe. But, unlike his winning goal against the MHSC last week, Lacazette came up against the Auvergne goalkeeper, Mory Diaw. In addition to the point of the draw, the Lyon striker misses his chance to equal Kylian Mbappé in the scorer rankings (26 goals).