The 32nd round of the French league continues today (Sunday) with a number of intriguing games, both at the top of the table in terms of battles for a place in European factories next season and of course the championship at the end of the upcoming season, and also at the bottom in relegation battles.
Paris Saint-Germain recorded an expensive 1: 2 victory over the second in the table from Marseille and are now only one victory away from the French championship. In addition, Lyon celebrated with 1: 6 over the crushed Bordeaux, Nice defeated Lorraine 1: 2 thanks to a dramatic goal that establishes it at the top, Clermont and Metz parted ways 1: 1 in the fiery bottom battle that did not serve either team and Strasbourg finished 1: 1 with Troy and lost precious points in the struggle for Europe.
PSG – Marseille 1: 2
After suffering a very painful relegation from the Champions League against Real Madrid, PSG wanted to sweeten the bitter pill a bit when they knew that their victory against Marseille would put them only one win away from the French Championship at the end of the season, and they made the important move when they defeated their top rival Third consecutive league victory. Already in the 12th minute, Neymar took advantage of Marco Varati’s cooking and gave the Parisians the lead.
In the 31st minute Marseille equalized the result thanks to a goal by Doya Chalta-Tsar. In the 41st minute Leo Messi was already running to celebrate his goal, but after a check on the VAR system he was disqualified on the grounds of dissent. Deep into the extra time of the first half, Killian Ambape also came up on the scoreboard as he scored from the penalty spot and set up the game-changing score. By the way, in the 73rd minute Ambape had already completed a pair of Messi’s shots, but even this goal was disqualified on the grounds of a justified difference. Five minutes to the end, the drama culminated when William Saliva equalized, but again the VAR disqualified the goal claiming a difference of a few inches.
PSG will meet Angers for an away game on Saturday knowing that their victory is as stated and they will celebrate a championship, this after last season they had to give up the title for Lille. Marseille on the other hand suffered their first loss after eight consecutive wins in all competitions and are still in second place with 59 points, but are now already 15 points away from the summit.
Lyon – Bordeaux 1: 6
The guest on the way to relegation continued to crash and is four points away from a safe shore. The winner improved positions on the way to eighth place, but is still four points away from a place in the top five leading to Europe at the end of the season. Musa Dembele was passionate with a big hat-trick (21, 27 and 92), while in addition Lucas Pakta (35), Roman Faber (46) and Carl Toko Akambi (68) also completed. Seko Mara just shrank in the penalty area.
Nice – Lorraine 1: 2
Nice rose at least temporarily to fourth place in the table and put an end to the negative streak that included two losses and two draws. The host in the game hopes for the stumbles of the rivalry and in any case will continue to fight for a ticket to a European framework next season until the end of the season. On the other hand, Lorraine is still very close to the red line after absorbing in the 88th minute and continues to be complicated at the bottom of the table. Andy Delor scored the first for Nice (54) in penalty kicks, Armand Lorraine equalized (61), but Delor as mentioned completed a pair a moment before the end and set up a victory.
Metz – Clermont 1: 1
Both teams had to come out with three points from the meeting, as they are thirsty for air in the relegation battles, but unfortunately they ended in a draw that did not serve either of them. In the 24th minute Nicolas de Perville scored and bounced the home crowd, but very quickly the winds calmed down in the north of France, as the newcomer equalized from a goal by Jodel Doso in the 37th minute and three minutes later Ibrahima Niana left the home team with ten players when he was sent off. direct. The host continues to lock the table with 24 points, while the Northerners have five more points, when they are also candidates for relegation.
Strasbourg – Troy 1: 1
After seeing Nice win, the guest knew she had to come out with the three points in order not to allow her opponent to overtake her in the table. Unfortunately, she conceded a dramatic goal in the 85th minute that prevented her from winning and she remained in fifth place, a point less than Nice. Habibu Diallo put the Reds ahead with an accurate penalty in the 56th minute, but Florian Treadio equalized five minutes to go from the penalty spot as well, to give the hosts some breathing space in the relegation battles.
Additional results:
Montpellier – Reims 0: 0
Nantes – Angers 1: 1