Ligue 1: Strasbourg sinks Nantes, Monaco regains color… what to remember from the afternoon matches

2023-05-08 01:52:07

While waiting for Troyes-PSG this Sunday evening (8:45 p.m.) and while the big poster for this day, Lens-Marseille (2-1), was played on Saturday, six matches were scheduled for this Sunday afternoon. In the preamble, AS Monaco returned to victory in Angers, before the ball of the mid and bottom of the table posters began: Nantes-Strasbourg, Auxerre-Clermont, Ajaccio-Toulouse, Lorient-Brest (3 p.m.) and finally Lyon-Montpellier (5 p.m.).

The beautiful operation: Strasbourg takes the air and sinks Nantes

There are some games you have to win more than others. This Nantes-Strasbourg, between Canaries 17th at kick-off just behind the Alsatians, 16th with the same number of points, was in it. Unfortunately for Antoine Kombouaré’s men, unfortunate finalists and crushed by Toulouse in the Coupe du France last Saturday (5-1), Strasbourg was in much better shape this Sunday, at La Beaujoire (0-2).

Helpless, the Nantes people were never up to the task against Alsatians who opened the scoring on penalty, with Habib Diallo’s 18th goal this season (0-1, 27th), before doubling the lead as soon as they returned from the locker room thanks to Habib Diarra (0-2, 47th). Sanson’s partners are the big winners of this day: they move to 14th place, ahead of Brest and Auxerre, and take a precious three-point lead over Nantes and the red zone.

Race to maintain: status quo and traffic jam

Brest (14th at kick-off), Auxerre (15th), Ajaccio (19th) and Angers (20th) were also in the running. The Angevins, already condemned, conceded their 26th defeat of the season against Monaco, at home (2-1). Deprived of Ben Yedder, dismissed due to an absence from the pre-match tactical meeting on Saturday, the Monegasques relied on a superb goal from Golovine (45th) and a counter-attack concluded by Boadu (60th ) to return to victory after two defeats in a row. The reduction in Sima’s score (64th) did not change anything. Monaco takes a 5 point lead over Lille and is still 6 behind Marseille.

In the other matches, no team has really managed to come out on top. Auxerre and Clermont have not managed to decide between themselves (1-1), which does not help AJA, just like Ajaccio and Toulouse (0-0). The Corsicans, already almost doomed and opposed to PSG next Saturday, momentarily pass Troyes in 18th place. Winners at the Parc last weekend, the Lorient residents of Régis Le Bris went on to beat Brest (2-1) thanks to a double from their number 9, Ibrahima Koné (31st, 51st).