Ligue 1: crazy scenario in Toulouse, Reims close to the podium… what to remember from the afternoon’s matches

2023-11-05 19:01:58

There’s not much to get your teeth into this weekend in Ligue 1. After PSG’s great show of strength against Montpellier at the Parc des Princes on Friday (3-0), at the opening of the 11th day, poor results followed on Saturday and Sunday: two 0-0 Saturdays (Lorient-Lens and Marseille-Lille), 1-1 between Lyon and Metz at 1 p.m. and, in the three matches at the 3 p.m. multiplex, only two small goals in all.

At the Toulouse Stadium, the liveliest match of the afternoon witnessed a funny scene when the fire alarm went off shortly before the hour mark due to too many smoke bombs lit up in the stands, TFC missed out on a great victory against Le Havre. Toulouse missed a penalty, striker Thijs Dallinga’s shot flying over Arthur Desmas’ cage (45th +3).

It was ultimately this same Dallinga who opened the scoring (1-0, 49th). But it was insufficient for Toulouse who completely collapsed at the end of the match, in a crazy atmosphere after 10 minutes of added time. Mohamed Bayo’s equalizer (1-1, 82nd) ​​woke up Le Havre, who were unleashed at the end of the match and who were denied the 2-1 (86th) before finally taking the advantage, thanks to Bayo’s double ( 1-2, 90th +7).

We unfortunately missed two exceptional goals: a crazy attempt by Schmidt, 60 meters from his cage, which could have gone around the world if Desmas had not released the ball at the last minute (75th), and a recovery insane volley from Joujou, who headed for the top corner before crashing into the bar (89th).

For Strasbourg, 15th, and Clermont, 17th, the matches follow one another and are similar. The two teams left back to back after a sadly predictable 0-0. The Alsatians thought they had opened the scoring (73rd), but the VAR ultimately deprived them of this pleasure due to an offside position by Emmanuel Emegha. Racing finished the match at 10, after the exclusion of Marvin Senaya.

Finally, the great operation of the day is to the credit of Stade de Reims, victorious by the smallest of margins from Nantes to Beaujoire (1-0) thanks to a goal from Junya Ito, also at the end of the match (75th ). The Rémois, who return to the level of Monaco, who face Stade Brestois at 5:05 p.m., are fourth in Ligue 1 with 20 points on the clock. A performance that could be seen on the face of Will Still, ecstatic at the final whistle.