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Dijon revolts, Reims breathes, Kalimuendo shines Lens in Ligue 1

Kalimuendo punishes Brest and gives Lens a nice gift

RC Lens ended its happy year 2020 – marked by its rise in the elite – with a success against Brest, this Wednesday (2-1), in order to achieve an attractive record of 27 points in 16 matches played. Even if the maestro blood and gold Gaël Kakuta, diminished, was on the bench at kickoff, the RCL quickly got into action, to erase the memory of his defeat against Metz on Saturday (0-2). It was Arnaud Kalimuendo, 18, who donned the enchanting clothes. The kid opened the scoring by exploiting a good deviation from Sotoca following a cross from Boura (11th).

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Kalimuendo then obtained the penalty of the break, being cut down by Duverne whom he had gained speed. Sotoca transformed him, even if Larsonneur touched the ball (33rd). Lens held, despite the goal from the penalty spot, also scored by Charbonnier in additional time (90th + 4).

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Lorient draws a draw in Nice despite Reine-Adelaide

After seeing his teammates sink against his former club, OL, on Saturday (1-4), from the stands, Jeff Reine-Adelaïde returned to the baton of the Nice game on Wednesday, and hurt Lorient very much on two perfect blocks in the first period. On the first, he launched a marvelous Jordan Lotomba heel towards the opening of the scoring (18th). He himself signed the break with a very good sequence in the middle of the race in the area, to lob Nardi with touch, on a cross from Boudaoui (34th).

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Lorient, with his good intentions, however came back at the start of the second half, when Terem Moffi placed a curled shot from the left on a poor recovery from Nice (49th). Benitez had to shine then to avoid the equalization of Lorient and Laurienté found the square (74th). But the seat of Christophe Pélissier’s team on the OGCN goal finally paid off, with Grbic equalizing from the penalty spot (82nd), after an action where Bambu was excluded for a foul on the scorer. With 12 points, Lorient is tied with Nîmes and Dijon.

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Reims makes Bordeaux relapse and offers itself some air

After resuming success on the field of Strasbourg on Sunday (2-0), Bordeaux relapsed this Wednesday, with a pitiful home defeat against Reims (1-3). The Gironde defense was first pierced by a corner from Zeneli, headed by Yunis Abdelhamid (15th), who was able to have fun for his hundredth game in L1. In very good form, the Kosovar international Arber Zeneli was also at the origin of the goal of the break, with a strike rejected by Costil, well followed by Boulaye Dia (18th), who is now behind Kylian Mbappé in the ranking of the top scorers of L1 (10 achievements).

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Bordeaux, after an advantageous but long sterile possession, had a big opportunity to come back but Hwang missed the target in an incredible way following a free kick from Ben Arfa (54th). The South Korean made up for it a little later, by closing the gap on a shift from the same Ben Arfa (73rd), himself well launched by Adli. Reims finally regained the upper hand, with a strike from Munetsi on a rebate from Dia (89th), and took advantage of this success to gain air on the relegation zone, with 17 points.

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Dijon overthrowing in Nîmes in an important match for the maintenance

In a duel for the maintenance at Costières, Nîmes lost its nerves in front of Dijon (1-3). Yet mistreated by the DFCO, which had several great opportunities by Mama Baldé and Celina, the Nîmes opened the scoring thanks to their man in form, Mattéo Ahlinvi. The 21-year-old Beninese international, already a scorer this weekend against Saint-Etienne (2-2), cut a center from Duljevic (31st).

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But the domination of Dijon ended up paying off, with the good coaching of David Linarès. The DFCO coach decided to switch to 4-4-2 by throwing Moussa Konaté after half-time. It was he who equalized, cutting a cross from Dina Ebimbe (75th). Everything then turned favorably for Dijon. In the following minute, Nîmes was reduced to ten after the expulsion of Florian Miguel, author of a late tackle on Mama Baldé (76th). The latter scored in the wake, springing after a first attempt by Konaté in the area (77th). Konaté then signed a double in added time (90th + 3). Thanks to this second success of the season, the DFCO equaled the number of points of Nîmes (12), mired for its part in a series of six games without a win (one draw, five losses).

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