The perf ‘: Marseille could be the leader!
Unlike the Champions League where Marseille does not shine this season, the championship is more successful than ever for the men of André Villas-Boas. Friday night they won 2-0 on the ground of Nîmes, recording their fifth consecutive victory. Today, OM remain just four points behind the Parisian leader. And while they are two games behind, the Marseille could virtually be leaders of the championship. Surprising!
The player: Hatem Ben Arfa saves Bordeaux
Bordeaux entered the first half of the table (10th) by beating Brest (1-0) thanks to a late goal from Hatem Ben Arfa, his second in his new colors. In a very dull meeting, it was his goal, marked with a cross strike while transplanting in the axis, which made all the difference.
The number: 100
Kylian Mbappé scored his 100th goal against Montpellier on Saturday for PSG.
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The counter perf ‘: Nantes collapses
The Canaries continue disappointing performances, and the large defeat against Strasbourg (4-0), another poorly shaped team, is unlikely to fix the future of Christian Gourcuff. The ranking is not yet alarming, with a 14th place (13 pts), but the dynamics, and especially the manner in this defeat at home have something to worry about the Nantes coach, whose team remains on four games without a win including two losses. The ranking is not yet alarming, with a 14th place (13 pts), but the dynamics, and especially the manner in this defeat at home have something to worry about the Nantes coach, whose team remains on four games without a win including two losses.
The red lantern: Dijon still struggling
At the end of a slow and boring match, Dijon (20th) conceded on his lawn a poor draw (0-0) against Saint-Etienne (15th). Always last, the DFCO can not get out of the relegation zone.
The sentence: Julien Stéphan (Rennes coach)
“We are in an extremely negative spiral. We have the obligation to reconsider the objectives immediately. You have to be lucid and say to yourself that you have to behave like a team that will have to fight for maintenance ”(After Rennes’ 2-0 defeat against Lens).
The new: Ursea stops the bleeding in Nice
After five consecutive defeats in all competitions and an elimination from the Europa League, Nice brought back a logical draw from Reims (0-0) with his new coach Adrian Ursea, Sunday during the 13th day of L1. The 53-year-old Romanian, former assistant to Patrick Vieira, was propelled head coach on Friday after the dismissal of the 98 world champion, the day after elimination in C3.
The fact: the big teams are still here
Lille, Lyon, Marseille … the big teams continue to respond day after day and do not let themselves be taken down by PSG. After several seasons without competitiveness, this 2020-2021 vintage seems more interesting than the previous ones in this regard. We are already pining for PSG matches against Lyon on Sunday, then against Lille in two weeks.
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