The ninth round in the French league closed today (Sunday) with seven games, with the title being another victory for the fiery Lorraine, which refuses to lose its grip on Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille. Wissam Ben Yedar scored a hat trick in Monaco’s 1:4 win over Nantes, Lyon lost for the fourth time in a row – 1:0 to the undefeated Lance.
Lorraine – Lille 1:2
Fifth victory in a row for the modest team from Ha’bal Bartan, which last year survived in the league by the skin of its teeth and at least for now is in a place that is worth a ticket to the Champions League. This time the three points were achieved in a particularly dramatic way and the man of the hour was the 19-year-old defender Theo Le Brie, the nephew of coach Regis Le Brie and who scored the winning goal in the 87th minute.
Even before that, the guest Diakita scored an own goal (9) and Lorraine held the lead for many minutes, but Dengo Watara’s second yellow card (62) threatened to ruin the plans. Jonathan David equalized in the 78th minute, Lille wanted a turnaround, but as mentioned, the last word belonged to the young Le Berry, who entered in the 69th minute and scored a valuable goal, the first of his career, 18 minutes later.
Lance – Lyon 0:1
Peter Boss’s chair is shaking more than ever after a fourth loss in a row. Anthony Lopes kept Lyon in the game for 82 minutes with a string of five saves, but then came Thiago Mendes’ handball and Florian Sotoka’s penalty he could no longer stop. The striker celebrated a sixth goal and left Lance in fourth place, still undefeated this season. Lyon started with 13 points out of the first 15, but since then, as mentioned, they have only lost, and at Stade Boular-Dellis it is the first loss since January 2008.
Monaco – Nantes 1:4
Wissam Ben Yedar broke his drought before the national team break with a first league goal, and the evening was already completely free with a hat trick. Berel Ambulo scored first after Alban Lappon only deflected Ben Yadar’s kick in the second minute, the Swiss scored for the captain who bounced elegantly in the sixth minute and completed a pair after a nice team move in the 28th minute. The 32-year-old striker made his third from the white spot (62) and the cup holder was only Tsimka with an own goal by Caio Henrique (79). A fourth straight league win for Monaco who rose to fifth place, while Nantes are close to the red line after collecting just two points from the last 15.
More games
Toulouse – Montpellier 2:4
For Toulouse: Stein Spearings (18), Zakaria Abukhalal (24), Fars Shaibi (31), Brecht Diachara (48). Montpellier: Nicolas Kotse (7), Eli Vahi (68)
Ajax – Clermont 3:1
Ajaccio: Cedric Avinal (70). For Clermont: Gerjon Kay (11), Alvesen Rashani (89), Judel Dussault (90+1)
Troyes – Reims 2:2
Troyes: Wilson Odover (51), Jackson Porroso (90). For Reims: Polarin Balogun (12), Junia Eto’o (54) who was also sent off (56)
Okzar – Brest 1:1
To Okzar: Ambay Niang (86 in penalty). Brest: Islam Slimani (64)
Lance – Lyon (21:45)
Weekend results
Anjou – Marseille 3:0
Strasbourg – Run 3:1
Paris Saint-Germain – Nice 1:2