As every day and probably until the end, we will auscultate the performances of the four contenders for the crown. Last night three won and one lost. With ten days to go, the top of the standings does not change but Monaco may have lost a lot in the quest for the title… OL opened the evening by beating Rennes very painfully on a goal from Aouar at the end of the match. an action or Depay tears off to deliver the decisive pass. The first period for the Lyonnais was catastrophic, the second much better with more chances.
We will say that it is an overall deserved victory but we are far from the flamboyant Lyon of a few weeks ago. Very far, even… As for Rennes, Stéphan is gone but the formidable 50 million euro attack from Stade Rennais is still catastrophic and ineffective. And after asking the question about the coach, we will now have to ask ourselves about the sports director and recruitment …
In the other 19 hours matches, Brest easily dominated a Dijon team which, this time, died and buried since it is now ten points behind the play-off place. The Brestois play the ball too well for this weak Dijon team to resist it. At Geoffroy-Guichard, Lens continued their formidable away course – their formidable course – by going to win 3-2 at Saint-Etienne. The Greens who are starting to be in great danger with this second consecutive defeat. Weeks go by and nothing changes in Forez.
And then Angers made us an Angers. The SCO is the most illegible formation of this championship, capable of being hit at home by Nantes then going to win on the ground of a Metz team which is having a great season. The only goal of the match was scored from the penalty spot by Fulgini. To be honest, it was impossible to follow five games twice at the same time and I saw little of that game. Nîmes believed they could hold a result in Nice but two nice goals from Gouiri and Claude-Maurice allowed the Gym to continue its recovery with this second consecutive victory.
Harmless Marseille
At 9 p.m., three teams from the leading quartet were on the meadow, starting with the reserve of PSG which won on the lawn of a Bordeaux team which framed a strike in the evening on a Briand head pushed back by Navas, in stoppage time… Paris scored the only goal of the match in the first period on a nice cross strike at a closed angle from Sarabia. The match was very painful to follow but hey, PSG had almost non-existent attacking power, so taking the three points with this eleven is already not bad.
At Pierre-Mauroy, Lille beat late – even very late – OM thanks to a double from David. A deserved success on the face of the match, Mandanda having long delayed the deadline against Lille not particularly dashing but who will have had the merit of believing in it until the end. A crucial success which allows Galtier’s men to keep their first place before moving to Monaco in ten days. Opposite, OM were applied behind but almost completely harmless in front and did not have to reassure their future coach …
Last Sunday, we could say that the Strasbourg people were unhappy to have only drawn in Lille. This time, the Alsatians won a victory as astonishing as it was deserved in front of an unrecognizable Monegasque formation which was moved throughout the game. Laurey’s players have shown defensive rigor but also a lot of offensive talent. They had plenty of chances and finally won in added time with a 20-yard strike from Guilbert.
A famous find that this right side who replaced Lala left for Olympiakos and who is already two assists and a goal oh so decisive. Strasbourg gets comfortable with the rear teams and is even almost saved since at the same time, Nîmes and Lorient only took one point and Nantes lost at home in front of a team from Reims who won almost unwittingly. The relentless efficiency of Abdelhamid on set pieces allowed the Rémois to turn lead into gold.
Pierrot
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