Ligue 1 – 16th day
After each day of Ligue 1, FF.fr debriefs the matches through what has pleased or not the editorial staff. Sixteenth episode of the season.
We liked
The enthusiasm of the second half of Brest
This is nothing new, Brest is one of the shivering teams this season in Ligue 1. So, when we saw their first listless period and a Breton eleven somewhat pissed off by the 5-3-2 all-terrain Montpellier , the disappointment was strong. We have to believe that at half-time, in the locker room, Olivier Dall’Oglio put a few heads squared. And the SB29 returned to the field with a whole new ambition. This overflowing desire to bite into the ball, to go rush into the holes and half-spaces, to multiply the triangles and duplications. The second act saw the Brestois unroll their football so shimmering. Romain Philippoteaux’s goal is proof of this. Romain Perraud overflows, Steve Mounié’s header is handed over, feigned strike from the former Auxerrois before scoring … A treat. If they let go, believing that the hardest part was 2-1, the Brestois woke up a very sad game so far. And we would even be tempted to say that if there were as many ambitious clubs as the Breton squad in the game, Ligue 1 would do much better in terms of the spectacle.
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Renaud Ripart’s panenka
It was perfectly executed. As we like them. The day after Memphis Depay, also scorer in this exercise in Nice, Renaud Ripart, with a lot of composure and serenity, slammed a full center panenka. Jessy Moulin saw nothing but fire, going completely against the grain. Clean. Just entered the game, the pure Nîmois then allowed his Crocs to score the 2-1 goal before the Stéphane equalizer a few minutes later. Dare when you know the situation of the Gardois and that’s why this initiative takes on a whole new scale. Gestures like that, at times like this, we ask for more …
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L’inarrêtable Kadewere
That this double against Saint-Etienne did him good. Tino Kadewere has been glowing since his heroic entry into the derby a month and a half ago. Decisive scorer against Angers then at Parc des Princes the previous weekend, the Zimbabwean striker put it back on the lawn of Nice. Elusive, he tortured the Aiglons’ defense. Sharp in the depth where he takes advantage of the stalls of Memphis Depay, he is currently on a cloud. It is first he who gets the penalty after being mowed down by Stanley Nsoki. He then planted the goal of the break by converting without trembling the offering of Hicham Boudaoui. Before offering the third Lyon goal to Karl Toko Ekambi on a plateau. Next opponent of OL and Kadewere (6 goals), Nantes can tremble.
Tino Kadewere scored 6 goals on his 9 shots on target in @ Ligue1UberEats #OGCNOL
— Stats Foot (@Statsdufoot) December 19, 2020
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Farid Boulaya, the catalyst for Metz
In a duel that pitted him against another talented number 10, Gaël Kakuta, Farid Boulaya took the game on his own against Lens. Because it is the Algerian international who dictated the game in Saint-Symphorien. On each acceleration of the Metz midfielder, the Lorrainers managed to be dangerous. Author of an assist for Opa Nguette (30th), the 27-year-old player spoke about his technical quality. A formidable set-piece shooter, the former Clermont splashed part of his talent by having made seven passes before a shot from a teammate. His goal at the very end of the game (90th + 3) came to reward him. Metz is now in the first part of the table and Boulaya’s performance is not trivial.
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The incredible Presnel Kimpembe
So of course, with a little more lucidity or collective spirit, it depends, this action in four against one harvested by Burak Yilmaz could have ended at the bottom. But all the same, how not to salute and highlight the gesture of warrior signed Presnel Kimpembe less than fifteen minutes from the end of this Lille-PSG? The 2018 world champion showed remarkable strength of character, to forget the injury he had just suffered and to leave in a sacrifice at the feet of the Turkish striker. All in the position of last defender, and with exceptional tackling quality. For one of the defensive actions of the year, without dispute. And a new illustration of a very high quality 2020 vintage for the Parisian.
We didn’t like
Nagatomo, rare at Inter, well done in Galatasaray, burnt at OM
It’s all well and good to recruit a player for free. Especially in lean times. But he still has to bring something to the rotation. In the absence of the untouchable Jordan Amavi, Yuto Nagatomo has once again fully harvested his match. Caught countless times behind his back, the Japanese international offers no guarantees, either defensively or offensively. His own goal against Reims (1-1) is still inexplicable today. In the placement of the body, in its orientation in the surface, in whatever you want … Pulled out once more before the hour of play because he was starting to stick his tongue out, the former Interiste missed in large widths. Once more and maybe once too often. At 34, the Nippon should not often push back the lawns given its catastrophic level.
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This absolutely harmless Dijon
Worst attack in Ligue 1 this season (barely 9 goals in 16 matches), Dijon once again remained silent on Sunday. Already authors of a single shot on target during the reception of Lille in the middle of the week, David Linarès’ players did not do better against Monaco. Faced with a team swept by Lens on Wednesday and far from being sparkling, the Burgundians seemed unable to offer anything dangerous. Certainly Eric Dina-Ebimbe saw his goal refused for a more than questionable offside, but the proposed content was far too poor. In addition to this collective bankruptcy, the few individuals with strong offensive potential have disappointed. Like a transparent Moussa Konaté and a Mounir Chouiar.
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The defense of Nice, an insoluble problem?
It’s simple: since Dante’s serious injury in Angers last November, OGC Nice has conceded ten goals in Ligue 1 in six games. That is an average of 1.7 goals per game. Despite the victory in Nîmes in the middle of the week, the Gym sank against Lyon (1-4), guilty of flagrant defensive errors. A penalty conceded, an awkward recovery, a goal in the bag on a lightning counter-attack, the Riviera rearguard offered many gifts (in advance) to a Rhone team that did not ask for so much. Symbol of the lack of confidence in this sector, Stanley Nsoki is lacking benchmarks without the Brazilian captain. Fault on the first and third goals of his own in particular, the former Parisian was like a team in jeopardy defensively.
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If we analyze each goal except maybe the 3 rd, it’s big individual mistakes that are completely avoidable. Nsoki on the first, Hicham which gives the 2 nd, Nsoki on the 3 rd, and bless on the 4 th. It doesn’t seem insurmountable to me to erase. #OGCNOL #ogcnice
– Roni06 (@Nissayez) December 20, 2020
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Again and again muscle injuries on the Parisian side
“We are going to kill the players”, complained Thomas Tuchel on Téléfoot after Lille-PSG (0-0). As if the Parisian injured list was not long enough, it has grown significantly further. Presnel Kimpembe, Layvin Kurzawa and Alessandro Florenzi all joined Neymar, Mauro Icardi, Juan Bernat, Danilo Pereira and Pablo Sarabia in the infirmary after three visibly muscle injuries in the space of five minutes. Author of an exceptional return, Kimpembe held the thigh before continuing his effort to cut a golden transition. And to leave the field in stride. Very active on his left side, Kurzawa also slammed late in the game. Almost at the same time as Florenzi, the other evening piston. While they are to receive Strasbourg on Wednesday, the Parisians end 2020 on the knees. Not surprisingly, unfortunately.
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