This Sunday began with the victory of Lens in Strasbourg thanks to a goal from Haidara, who countered a disastrous exit from Kawashima on a corner, and a nice achievement from Fofana who is definitely an excellent player. It was not, however, one of the best matches for the Sang et Or which were often put under pressure by the Alsatians. When the latter have deigned to play. Because once again, Laurey started at home with eight defensive players and a single point. And as always, Strasbourg lost, even if Bellegarde had equalized with the head and even if Laurey finally decided to play with three attackers. Leca made the right saves and this result allows the Northerners to believe in Europe and leaves the Strasbourg people in danger for the maintenance. By dint of saying that this team is not in its place, it will end up being there …
In the 3 p.m. matches, Montpellier easily beat a drifting Bordeaux team, which had opened the scoring by Hwang on a good ball from Adli. But behind, the power of Hérault made the difference with a great free kick from Sambia, a goal from Laborde on which Costil is not unforgettable and a very nice achievement from Mavididi who is a really interesting striker. Other than that, Reims won in Dijon over a huge mistake from Racioppi and a goal from Dia that hadn’t scored for a long time.
And then Nantes has long believed to hold a capital success for its maintenance with a fox goal from Kolo Muani scored very quickly in the match. But the Hakes were able to do the round back at the end of the first period and really put their mark on the meeting after the break. And they ended up equalizing on an incredible free kick from Laurienté, from 39 meters, with a “pétanque ball” strike à la Juninho. An unbelievable goal for a draw that ultimately does not suit either of the two teams.
Mbappé, 100th
Because in the 5 pm match, Nîmes managed the feat of winning for the leader, a fairly deserved victory. The two goals from Nîmes signed Koné and the essential Ripart, orchestrated by the excellent Ferhat, brought down Lille who have been experiencing offensive problems for some time now. Yilmaz is coming back from a long injury, Yazici is missing subscribers, Ikoné is injured, Bamba, Weah and David have not weighed on the match… It’s still a rather bizarre season, where Paris loses at home against the 19th and Lille did the same the following week.
So of course, that left the winner of the evening shock the chance to take the lead in the standings and it was Paris who did it by pulling out what is probably their best of the season in Ligue 1. The Parisians were extremely aggressive in pressing and counter-pressing, and completely stifled the Lyon midfield, with a lot of commitment and above all a lot of speed. And when we talk about “speed”, it is obviously a question of Mbappé, who opened the scoring following a volley from Verratti repelled by Lopes on the French striker, who freed himself from a dribble before hitting between the legs of De Sciglio and Lopes. PSG then doubled the bet by Danilo with a good recovery of the right on a return from the head of Marquinhos.
We imagined that OL would react after the break but he conceded two new goals, in quick succession: a free kick coming in from Di Maria hit by no one and Mbappé’s 100th goal in L1, well launched in depth by Verratti and who won his duel with Lopes. With the satisfaction of duty accomplished, the French prodigy stepped out and Paris almost naturally retreated 15 meters – unless it was Lyon that advanced 15 meters, which is the same. Les Gones initially slashed the scoring on a harsh strike from Slimani before Cornet won his head-to-head with Navas to lessen the scale of the loss. Despite its seven setbacks, PSG has therefore recovered the chair of the leader, with a match in two weeks against Lille which could allow him to take an interesting option.
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