The day after PSG’s difficult victory in Brest (1-2), the 27th day continued on the grounds of Ligue 1 on Sunday afternoon, a few hours before the closing match between Marseille and Strasbourg (8:45 p.m.). Loïs Openda had launched this intense day with a hat-trick in record time during Clermont-Lens (0-4).
The crisis: the house continues to burn in Angers
In a deleterious climate in Raymond-Kopa where several dozen SCO supporters expressed their anger and denounced the management of the club, which combines failures on the field and business outside of it, Angers continued its slide towards Ligue 2 against Toulouse (0-2). In a meeting interrupted six minutes after a pyrotechnic device launched on the lawn burned the net of Paul Bernardoni’s goals, Mikkel Desler (37th) and Thijs Dallinga (47th) overwhelmed Angevins without reaction under the leadership of interim coach Alexandre Dujeux.
Abdel Bouhazama, who resigned after his shameful remarks about women, is no longer there but the weeks go by and look alike for the bright red lantern, twelve points from the waterline and which sinks ever deeper into the depths of classification. It would take a miracle to avoid relegation. Eleventh, Toulouse is moving forward.
The backlash: two points lost for Nice and Digard
Didier Digard continues his faultless lead of the Aiglons and has an eleventh match without defeat (7 wins and 4 draws now). But joined on the wire at Beaujoire (2-2), his Niçois leave frustrated from their trip to Nantes. Moussa Sissoko (31st) and Mostafa Mohamed (88th) responded to Terem Moffi (5th) and Youssouf Ndayishimiye (71st), in a pleasant and undecided meeting until the end. Nice (7th) remains temporarily four points from the top 5 and from Europe; Nantes (14th) snatch an important point to break their series of three straight defeats in the Championship.
Player: Dieng scores with Lorient then gets injured
Contrasting afternoon for Bamba Dieng with Lorient against Troyes (2-0 victory). Sold by OM this winter, the Senegalese striker first had the joy of scoring his second goal with Lorient with a pivot shot (9th), before having to give up his place at the break, hit by a knee. Stéphane Diarra widened the gap at the end of the match (90th + 2), and the Hakes took advantage of it to pick up in Nice (8th). They cross their fingers to see their number 11 on their feet again as soon as possible.
The number: 13
Since the return of Michel Der Zakarian on the Hérault bench, no team has gleaned more points than Montpellier in the elite (13). In great shape in recent weeks, the MHSC (13th) chained a fourth victory in five games on the lawn of Ajaccio (0-1), thanks to the 10th goal of the season from its “supersub” Elye Wahi.